The Ashkenazi Revolution

303of Israel, and was the first to sign the Israeli Declaration of Independence. Ben-Gurion led the provisional government of Israel during the 1948 Arab-IsraeliWar, and united the various Jewish militias into the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).David Raziel David Raziel (December 19, 1910 -May 20, 1941) was a fighter of the Jewish underground during the Britishmandate, and one of the founders of the Irgun.David Shimoni David Shimoni (August 25,1891 -December 10,1956) was an Israeli poet, writer and translator. DavidShimonovitch (later David Shimoni) was born in Babruysk in Belarus (then partof the Russian Empire) to Nissim Shimonovitch and Malka Fridland. Althoughhe lived in Ottoman Palestine for a year in 1909, he did not immigrate to BritishadministeredPalestine until 1920.De-HaanJacob Israël de Haan (December31, 1881, Smilde, Drenthe - June 30, 1924) was a Dutch Jewish literary writerand journalist who was assassinated in Jerusalem by the Jewish paramilitaryorganization Haganah for his anti-Zionist political activities and contacts withArab leaders. He is believed to be the first victim of Zionist political violence. DeHaan is revered as a martyr among certain sections of the Orthodox Jewishcommunity, particularly the Neturei Karta and Edah HaChareidis.DubnovSimon Dubnow (alternativelyspelled Dubnov, (September 10, 1860 – December 8, 1941) wasa Jewish historian, writer and activist. He is the father-in-law of Henryk Erlich, afamous Bundist leader.DurrenmattFriedrich Dürrenmatt (January5,1921 – December 14,1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was aproponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiencesof World War II. The politically active author's work included avantgardedramas, philosophically deep crime novels, and often macabre satire.Dürrenmatt was a member of the Gruppe Olten.Eichmann Adolf Otto Eichmann (March 19,1906 – May 31, 1962) was a German Nazi andSS-Obersturmbannführer (equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel in Wehrmacht) and one ofthe major organizers of the Holocaust. Because of his organizational talents