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Markbreit Mordehai
Markbreit Tibor
Born in Debrecen in 1923
Killed in 1944
Member of “Hanoar Hatzioni”
Mordehai studied at the Jewish high school in his hometown and excelled
in mathematics and music. In 1943 he moved to Újpest. In the spring of
1944 he was enlisted in a forced labor unit and sent to the Bór camp
where he was severely wounded but managed to survive. He arrived in
Budapest and joined the underground activities. He stayed in the bunker
on Teréz Boulevard. During the days of the blockade on the city the
house where the bunker was located was directly hit by a cannonball and
caught fire. The people hiding in the bunker had to go out and were
discovered by the concierge who reported them to Arrow Cross men.
These arrived on the site and started chasing the young Jews. Mordehai
and all his friends were killed during this chase. Only one of them, Moshe
Katz, survived to tell the story.
Meir Joseph
Mayer József
Born in Nagyilonda (Ileanda) on 27.10.1922
Died on 10.11.1991 in Israel
Member of “Hashomer Hatzair”
Joseph joined the movement at the age of sixteen. He went on a
hahshara in Kolozsvár (Cluj) and prepared for aliya but the plan was not
carried out. In that town he worked in a metal factory and met young
Hungarians, communists and socialists who worked for the underground.
Joseph also joined the anti-fascist movement in 1941. He moved to
Budapest and joined the “Hashomer Hatzair” activities. He maintained
contact with the leftwing workers and engaged, among other things, in
collecting clothes and food for the political detainees. In October 1943
Joseph was enlisted in a forced labor unit. While serving there, he was
arrested and interrogated about his relations with the leftwing groups and
his activities in “Hashomer Hatzair” but was released and taken back to
the labor unit.
In October 1944 Joseph escaped with the help of the movement and
joined its underground activities. He was ordered to maintain his contacts
with the Hungarian communist and anti-fascist underground and he
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