Eleazar, brother of Judas Maccabeus, kills an elephant of war and is killed himself when the elephant falls on him

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Eleazar, brother of Judas Maccabeus, kills an elephant of war and is killed himself when the elephant falls on him

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1450

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Federal Republic of Germany

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