In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “early zionist activist”. Today it says “russian zionist activist who helped organize the zion mule corps and bring jewish immigrants to palestine”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Joseph Trumpledor in uniform c. World War One Joseph Trumpeldor ( 1880 – March 1 1920 , ru : Иосиф Трумпельдор) was an early Zionist activist, notable for helping organize the Zion Mule Corps and bringing Jewish immigrants to Palestine .1
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Joseph Trumpeldor (December 1, 1880 – March 1, 1920, , Russian: Иосиф Трумпельдор ), was an early Zionist activist.He helped 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.His last words were famously "Never mind, it is good to die for our country."
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Joseph Trumpeldor (November 21, 1880 – March 1, 1920, , Russian: Иосиф Трумпельдор ), was an early Zionist activist and war hero . He helped 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. That he ever said these words, which are similar to a famous line in the Latin poet Horace, has been challenged.Various versions exist, based on two primary witnesses, Dr George Gerry who had arrived in Palestine just two weeks earlier, and Abraham Harzfeld.His Hebrew was broken and stilted: he is known to have spoken Russian while his wounds were attended to.
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Joseph Vladimirovich (Volfovich) Trumpeldor (November 21, 1880 – March 1, 1920, , Russian: Иосиф Владимирович (Вольфович) Трумпельдор ) 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.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Russian-born Zionist and WW1 veteran Joseph Vladimirovich ( Volfovich ) Trumpeldor ( Russian : Иосиф Владимирович [Вольфович] Трумпельдор , IPA: [ˈjɵsʲɪf trʊmpʲɪlʲˈdor] ; , ; 21 November 1880 – 1 March 1920) 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 Jewish 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.
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Russian Zionist activist (1880–1920) In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs , the patronymic is Vladimirovich/Volfovich and the family name is Trumpeldor .Joseph Vladimirovich ( Volfovich ) Trumpeldor ( Hebrew : יוֹסֵף טְרוּמְפֶּלְדוֹר , IPA: [joˈsef tʁumpelˈdoʁ] ; Russian : Иосиф Владимирович [Вольфович] Трумпельдор , IPA: [ɪˈosʲɪf trʊmpʲɪlʲˈdor] ; November 21, 1880 – March 1, 1920 ) was a Russian Zionist activist who helped organize the Zion Mule Corps and bring Jewish immigrants to Palestine .He was killed while defending the settlement of Tel Hai in 1920 and subsequently became a Jewish national hero. According to a standard account, his last words were "It's nothing, it is good to die for our country". There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “early zionist activist”. Today it says “russian zionist activist who helped organize the zion mule corps and bring jewish immigrants to palestine”. Read the current article and compare.
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early zionist activist
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russian zionist activist who helped organize the zion mule corps and bring jewish immigrants to palestine
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