Brothers for Resistance and Rescue 1 - CENDO

documents to the Jews living in Protected Houses. Yitzhak was caught a
few times by Arrow Cross men but always managed to escape. During
the German occupation he operated wearing the uniform of an officer of
the Hungarian army. As member of the “Kiska” unit, Itzhak was in charge
of the security of the movement’s underground activities. In 1946 he
made aliya. He died during a visit to Budapest.
Zarhi Judith
Schaeffer Judit
Born in Budapest in 1924
Member of “Maccabi Hatzair”
Judith lived in Budapest and distributed forged documents. She was
active in the “Glass House” on Vadász Street. After the liberation she
took care of children who had survived the Holocaust. She accompanied
them to Marseille on their way to Eretz Israel (Palestine). Judith made
aliya. She is a member of Kfar Hahoresh. She held positions in the
education system of her kibbutz and at the Oranim Seminary.
Zimmerman Dan
Zimmerman György
Born in Cinkota on 17.4.1919
Died on 28.8.2008 in Israel
Member of “Hashomer Hatzair”
Shortly after he was born, Dan’s family moved to Slovakia. He studied at
German and Slovak schools. In 1939 he joined the “Hashomer Hatzair”
movement. In 1942, with his wife Hanna, he moved to Hungary. He dealt
with the forgery of documents. In June 1944 he moved to Romania,
stayed for about two months in Arad in order to organize the reception of
the tiyul fugitives from the other side of the border.
Dan made aliya in August 1944 and joined Kibbutz Ha’ogen. In 1949,
while serving in the IDF, he became blind after an explosion that occurred
during an experiment with explosives. Being blind, Dan studied chemistry
in the USA. He was the manager of the laboratory in “Ha’ogenplast”, a
rubber factory in his kibbutz and served as the manager of the rubber
institute of the Technion.
Dan resides in Ra’anana.
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