Born in Russian-ruled Poland, Stern immigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1925. After serving in the Haganah, he joined the militant underground Irgun in 1932. He broke from the Irgun in 1940 to form Lehi, a Hebrew acronym for Fighters for the Freedom of Israel, to keep battling British rule during World War II. The violence of Lehi, known as the Stern Gang, made him a wanted man. He was killed in a police raid.
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