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Israel / Palestine: The flag of the Lehi Movement or 'Stern Gang' founded by Avraham Stern (1907-1942) in September 1940

Israel / Palestine: The flag of the Lehi Movement or 'Stern Gang' founded by Avraham Stern (1907-1942) in September 1940

Avraham Stern or Avraham Shtern, alias Yair (born in Suwalki, PolandDecember 23, 1907 – February 12, 1942) was one of the leaders of the Jewish paramilitary organization Irgun.

In September 1940, he founded a breakaway militant Zionist group named Lehi a Hebrew acronym for Lohamei Herut Israel, meaning 'Fighters for the Freedom of Israel', in September 1940. Lehi was better known as the 'Stern Gang' by the British authorities and by the mainstream in the Yishuv Jewish establishment.

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