Brothers for Resistance and Rescue 1 - CENDO

Grosz Yitzhak
Grosz Ernő
Born in Debrecen on 5.6.1924
Member of “Hanoar Hatzioni”
Yitzhak joined the movement in Budapest at the age of fourteen. In 1942
and 1943 he gave assistance to the refugees arriving from Poland. In
May 1944 he was enlisted in a forced labour unit. Yitzhak escaped and
joined the movement’s activities while equipped with forged Christian
documents under the name of Cserkész Tibor. He distributed forged
documents to the forced labour camps and to the Protected Houses. He
was engaged in obtaining food which he delivered to the bunkers and the
“Glass House”. After the liberation Yitzhak continued to organize Jews
who were liberated from the extermination camps for aliya. He operated
between Budapest and Bucharest. After the liberation Yitzhak took part in
the organization of 200 Jewish children and accompanied them to Austria
and Germany on their way to Eretz Israel (Palestine). In April 1946 he
made aliya together with his wife Edit. He was one of the founders of the
educational Institute in Alonei Yitzhak, where he and his wife worked for
many years. He moved to Haifa where he still resides.
Grün Shoshanna-Shosha
Klein Rózsika
Born in Nagyszőllős (Vinohragyiv) in 1923
Died in 1988 in Israel
Member of “Bnei Akiva”
Shosha stayed in Budapest in 1944. She took part in the Death March
towards Austria. Shosha was saved thanks to Swiss Protection
Documents she was given near the border. She returned to Budapest
and arrived at the “Glass House” on Vadász Street. She was an
underground activist until the liberation on 18.1.1945.
Shosha made aliya. She resided in Petah-Tikva where her only son still
lives.
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