# Yaakov Weiss

> Yaakov Weiss was a Hungarian Jew born in Czechoslovakia and member of the Irgun, a Jewish guerrilla organization in Mandatory Palestine. After saving hundreds of Jews during Holocaust, in which his own mother died, he illegally immigrated to Palestine, joined the Irgun, and fought the British during the Jewish insurgency in Palestine. He was one of three Irgun members executed for their part in the Acre Prison break, which triggered the Irgun's retaliatory hanging of two British soldiers.

*Czechoslovak musician*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/yaakov-weiss

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Activist
- **Category:** Activists
- **Country:** Czechia
- **Born:** 1924-07-15
- **Died:** 1947-07-29
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Yaakov Weiss was a Hungarian Jew born in Czechoslovakia and member of the Irgun, a Jewish guerrilla organization in Mandatory Palestine. After saving hundreds of Jews during Holocaust, in which his own mother died, he illegally immigrated to Palestine, joined the Irgun, and fought the British during the Jewish insurgency in Palestine. He was one of three Irgun members executed for their part in the Acre Prison break, which triggered the Irgun's retaliatory hanging of two British soldiers.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 40.2
- **Momentum:** 0.4

## Sources
- [Yaakov Weiss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaakov_Weiss)
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- [יעקב וייס](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%A7%D7%91_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A1)
- [Ja’akow Wajs](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ja%E2%80%99akow_Wajs)
- [Yaakov Weiss](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaakov_Weiss)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4022346)

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