Find A Grave

Abdu'l-Bahá (Effendí) (Abbás) b. May 23, 1844 d. November 28, 1921
Religious Leader. He was the son of Bahá'u'lláh, who founded the Bahá'í Faith, and succeeded his father as the sect's leader.
Shrine of the Báb on Mount Carmel, Haifa, Hefa (Haifa District), Israel
Plot: Same shrine as The Bab
Baha'u'llah (Ḥusayn-`Alí Núrí) (Mírzá) b. November 12, 1817 d. May 29, 1892
Founder of the Bahá'í Faith.
Son of Khadíjih Khánum (mother) and father Mírzá Buzurg (father).
Shrine of the Báb on Mount Carmel, Haifa, Hefa (Haifa District), Israel
Harel, Yossi b. 1917 d. April 26, 2008
Israeli Folk Hero. Born Yosef Hamburger in Jerusalem. At 20 he joined the Special Night Squads counterinsurgency units set up by Captain Orde Wingate to fight Arab marauders. In 1941 he joined the Palmach and worked with Mossad Lealiya Bet in assisting Jews to enter British held Palestine. In 1946 he obtained a 15-ton trawler with a crew of four and christened her Exodus. Between June 29 and July 6, 1947 4,553 Jews from displaced persons camps in Germany were transported to France, on July 11...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Kibbutz Sdot Yam, Haifa, Hefa (Haifa District), Israel
Harvey, Norman b. April 6, 1899 d. February 16, 1942
World War I British Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. He served as a Private in the 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, British Army. On October 25, 1918, his company was held up and suffering heavy casualties from German machine-guns at Ingovghem, Belgium. Private Harvey rushed forward, engaged the enemy disposing of 20 of them and capturing the guns. Later when his company was checked by another enemy strong point he again rushed forward and put the enemy in retreat. That, same night...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Khayat Beach War Cemetery, Haifa, Hefa (Haifa District), Israel
Pike Jr., James Albert b. February 14, 1913 d. September 9, 1969
Religious Figure. One of America's more controversial religious figures of the 20th Century. Raised Roman Catholic, he later came to consider himself an agnostic. He graduated from Yale Law School, and worked for the Securities and Exchange Commission. After serving in Naval Intelligence in World War II, he joined the Episcopal Church, and decided to enter the priesthood. He was ordained in 1946, and served as chaplain of Columbia University and as Dean of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Saint Peter's Cemetery, Haifa, Hefa (Haifa District), Israel
The Bab (Ali-Muhammad) (Siyyid) b. October 20, 1819 d. July 9, 1850
The Gate, Founder of the Babi Faith and Forerunner to Baha'u'llah. He was shot to death with 750 rifles. They had to do it twice because the first time they tried, he warned them that, "Not until I have said all that I wish to say, can any earthly power silence me, though all the world be armed against me, yet shall they be powerless to deter me from fulfilling to the last word, my intention!" After they fired, when the smoke cleared, The Bab had disappeared. and was found 2 hours later, in his...[Read More]
Shrine of the Báb on Mount Carmel, Haifa, Hefa (Haifa District), Israel
Plot: Same shrine as 'Abdu'l-Bahá
Weissmann, Adolf b. August 15, 1873 d. April 23, 1929
Author, Music Critic. Founding member of the International Society for Contemporary Music. He studied literature and philosophy in Breslau, Innsbruck, Florence and Bern. He received his doctorate in philosophy and became high school professor. His was teaching, but he soon went to Berlin and worked as a music critic. Already in 1907, he was known for the biography of George Bizet. In 1911, he published a significant work "Berlin as a city of music since 1740," in which his historical overview...[Read More] (Bio by: julia&keld)
Old Haifa Cemetery, Haifa, Hefa (Haifa District), Israel

7 records found