גרונר ‎Gruner, Dov

Birth Name גרונר ‎Gruner, Dov [1a]
Birth Name גרונר‎, דב

    Dov דוב‎ means Bear in Hebrew.
    Variants:
    Ber
    בער (Yiddish; derived from German baer, meaning Bear)
    Beer
    Diminutives/Nicknames:
    Berel
    Berl
    Berish
    Berka
    Berko
    Berkhen

Call Name דב
Gender male
Age at Death 34 years, 4 months, 9 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth December 6, 1912 Kisvárda, Kisvárdai kistérség, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg megye, Észak-Alföld, Magyarország  

 
Education   Brno, Jihomoravský kraj, Morava, Česko Dov Gruner studied engineering

 
Membership 1938 בית"ר Beitar Betar ברית תרומפלדור Brit Trumpeldor  

 
Aliyah 1940    

 
Boat 1940 סאקאריה SS Sakarya SS Sakariya Skaria Betar בית"ר arranged Dov Gruner's passage to Palestine

 
Camp   מחנה המעצר בעתלית Atlit Detention Camp ,עתלית Atlit, חוף הכרמל, חיפה, ישראל Dov Gruner was inerned by the British for several months

 
Military Service   אצ"ל ארגון צבאי לאומי ITzL Irgun Tzvi Leumi  

Event Note

Dov Gruner joined his Betar comrades in Rosh Pina and became a member of the Irgun.

 
Military Service   הבריגדה היהודית Jewish Brigade  

 
Death April 15, 1947   Dov Gruner and two others, convicted at the same time, were executed by the British

Place Note

On January 31, 1947, in London, at the request of the opposition, the British Government arranged a debate in the House of Commons concerning Law and Order in Palestine.
This took place on a motion for the adjournment.
The Opposition had no wish to introduce questions of policy, while the fate of Palestine was still being discussed at the London Conference, but it was felt that the incidents in Palestine, which had taken place, and the Government’s handling of terrorist activities called urgently for comment.
The opposition, whose principle speaker was Mr. Oliver Stanley, felt that firmer measures by the Government would have prevented or checked the lawlessness threatened the British in Palestine.
The sentencing of Dov Gruner was one of these firmer measures, but in retaliation, there was the kidnapping of two civilians, Judge Ralph Windham and Mr. H. I. Collins.

 
Burial April 16, 1947 צפת Safed, הצפון, ישראל  

 

Source References

  1. Momentous century: personal and eyewitness accounts of the rise of the Jewish homeland and state, 1875-1978
    1. Page: 191, Menachem Begin, Commander of the Irgun, Describes the Dov Gruner Tragedy

Pedigree

    1. גרונר ‎Gruner, Dov