Menachem Begin
Origin Born: August 16, 1913 Died: March 9, 1992 Location: Brest-Litovsk, Grodno Governorate Father: Ernest Oppenheimer Mother: unknown Wife: Aliza Religion: Jewish
Education Primary: Mizrachi school Secondary: Polish government school College: University of Warsaw, 1935: Law
Military 1937: Head of Betar: a militant, nationalist Revisionist Zionism movement 1941: Joined Polish Army of Anders 1942: Joined Irgund; an underground militant Zionist group which had split from the Jewish military organization. 1944: Became Leader of Irgund; Soon after he assumed command, a formal 'Declaration of Revolt' was publicized, and armed attacks against British forces were initiated.
Politics 1977 June 21 1983October 10 : Prime Minister of Israel
Quotes 1978 December 10, Nobel Prize Lecture: "Free women and men everywhere must wage an incessant campaign so that these human values become a generally recognized and practised reality. We must regretfully admit that in various parts of the world this is not yet the case. Without those values and human rights the real peace of which we dream is jeopardized." |