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On October 31 st his camp was attacked by the Germans. His comrades
were killed but Hillel survived by pretending to be dead. He lay wounded
for four days until his partisan friends found him and took him to a cabin
in the mountains. Ukrainian soldiers who worked for the Germans found
him there. Thanks to the forged documents he carried, they did not find
out his real identity. Hillel was transferred to the hospital in Banská
Bystrica and underwent several operations on his leg. In May 1945 he
was liberated by the Red Army.
In 1947, with forged documents, he arrived in Eretz Israel (Palestine) as a
pilgrim. He moved to Zürich to study medicine. He was a neurosurgeon.
Hillel returned to Israel in 1995.
Halász Joseph
Halász József
Born in Pozsony (Bratislava) on 24.2.1924
Perished in Auschwitz in 1944
Member of “Hashomer Hatzair”
Joseph was a member of the movement from 1939. In 1942 he moved to
Hungary and became an underground activist. In 1944 he returned to
Slovakia and joined the partisans. Joseph took part in the Bukovec battle.
He was caught (Haviva Reick was also caught there) but managed to
escape and reach Bratislava. Joseph fell ill and was hospitalized. He was
caught in the hospital and deported to Auschwitz.
Halevi Hava
Ritscher Éva
Born in Kiskunhalas in 1929
Member of “Hanoar Hatzioni”
When the Germans occupied Hungary on 19.3.1944, Hava obtained a
forged Christian document. Her family moved to a “Yellow Star House”.
Hava distributed Protection Documents to those who needed them. On
June 26 th , Hava and her sister decided to cross the border into Romania.
They were caught and incarcerated in various prisons for over two
months and in one of them they met Hanna Szenes. As they were
minors, they were released at the beginning of September by the
International Red Cross. After her release Hava joined the underground
and distributed documents at railway stations where Jewish forced labor
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