Avraham Stern

For other people named Avraham Stern, see Avraham Stern (disambiguation).

"Yair Stern" redirects here. For his son and journalist, see Yair Stern (journalist).

Avraham Stern
אברהם שטרן
Stern in 1942
Born	(1907-12-23)December 23, 1907 Suwałki, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
Died	February 12, 1942(1942-02-12) (aged 34) Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine
Cause of death	Shot and killed by British colonial police
Children	Yair Stern
Military career
Allegiance	Haganah (1920s–1932) Irgun (1932–1940) Lehi (1940–1942)
Nickname	Yair

Avraham "Yair" Stern (Hebrew: אברהם שטרן, pronounced Shtern); December 23, 1907 – February 12, 1942) was a militant Zionist leader and the founder of Lehi, a paramilitary group that split from the Irgun and was pejoratively known by its opponents as the "Stern Gang."

His radical and violent opposition to British rule of Palestine, including an unsuccessful attempt during World War II to negotiate a military alliance with Nazi Germany, made him a dissident figure within the Yishuv. He was captured and killed by the Palestine Police Force in 1942.