shadow of the gallows, 21.4.47. To the British soldier as you stand guard. Before we go to the gallows, accept this Bible as a memento and remember that we stood in dignity and marched in dignity. It is better to die with a weapon in your hands than to live with hands raised. Meir Feinstein". He then requested a moment of privacy for prayer, which prevented Goodwin from being able to stop the grenade being detonated (saving Goodwin from being injured by the grenade). In 2007, Goodwin's son Dennis donated the Bible to Feinstein's nephew Eliezer, who received it on behalf of the Museum of Underground Prisoners in Jerusalem at a commemorative state ceremony. Menachem Begin brought up the story during a speech in 1981: "Our Mizrahim were courageous fighters – already in the underground. Feinstein was from European origins, What's it called? Ashkenazi. Moshe Barazani was a Sephardic Jew from Iraq. In the night, after they were sentenced to death, they were due to be taken to the gallows in the early morning, the Rabbi insisted that he would come to accompany them and they didn't want to harm the Rabbi. They held close to their hearts a hand grenade – they pulled the trigger... Ashkenazi? Iraqi? Jews! Brothers! Fighters!" References 1927 births 1947 suicides Ashkenazi Jews in Mandatory Palestine Olei Hagardom Irgun members People who committed suicide in prison custody Prisoners who died in British military detention Suicides by explosive device People from Jerusalem Royal Engineers soldiers Lithuanian Jews Burials at the Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives Deaths by hand grenade Palestinian people who died in prison custody Prisoners sentenced to death by the British military Haganah members