Frederick Kisch

Frederick Kisch

Frederick Kisch (1888-1943) was a British Army officer and Zionist leader.

Frederick Kisch was born in India in 1888, and served in the British Army Royal Engineers. He served in France and the Middle East theatres of the First World War, and was a member of the British delegation to the 1919 Paris Peace Conference.

He served as Zionist Commission head for the Jerusalem region between 1923 and 1931. His British military background allowed him to cultivate excellent relations with the British administration of the Palestine Mandate as well as Arab leaders including Sharif Hussein of Mecca and his son King Abdullah I of Jordan.

Kisch returned to military service in World War II as a Brigadier General commanding the British Eighth Army's Royal Engineers in the North African Campaign. He was killed by a landmine in Tunisia in 1943.

The Israeli agricultural cooperative village Kfar Kisch was named after him.


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