or committed suicide while awaiting execution during the Mandate era. As with the other Olei Hagardom, streets have been named after him throughout Israel. References External links Story of Yaakov Weiss (Hebrew) Yaakov Weiss (Irgun website) People executed by Mandatory Palestine by hanging Olei Hagardom Irgun members 1924 births 1947 deaths Jews who emigrated to escape Nazism Czechoslovak Jews Hungarian Jews Czechoslovak emigrants to Mandatory Palestine People from Nové Zámky University of Geneva alumni