page_title: Joseph Trumpeldor
section_title: Political activism
hierarchical_section_title: Joseph Trumpeldor / Political activism
caption_attribution_description: עברית: יוסף טרומפלדור וחברים
context_page_description: Joseph Vladimirovich Trumpeldor was an early Zionist activist who helped to organize the Zion Mule Corps and bring Jewish immigrants to Palestine. Trumpeldor died defending the settlement of Tel Hai in 1920 and subsequently became a Zionist national hero. According to a standard account, his last words were "It's nothing, it is good to die for our country", but that he ever said these words has been challenged.
context_section_description: In June 1917, Trumpeldor returned to Russia in order to convince the Provisional Government to form a Jewish regiment in the Russian army. According to his plan, the regiment would break through the Turkish front in the Caucasus to Eretz Yisrael. Additionally he organised Jews to defend themselves and established the HeHalutz in Russia, a youth organization that prepared immigrants for aliyah, and returned to Palestine himself.
caption: Joseph Trumpeldor 1918 (seated 2nd from right)
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