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Asael Tzvi
Auslaender Herman ‘Nagy Oszi’
Born in Ungvár (Uzshorod) on 21.12.1919
Died on 21.10.1991 in Israel
Member of “Bnei Akiva”
Tzvi was active in the “Bnei Akiva” ken in his town. He was among the
first students of the Jewish high school in Ungvár. In 1941 he went to a
hahshara in Budapest. In 1943 Tzvi was enlisted in a forced labor unit
and wounded. In 1944 he escaped. Tzvi was an underground activist. He
arrived in Arad, in Romania. In 1945 Tzvi was a member of the central
leadership of his movement.
He made aliya. He was a high official in the religious department of the
Jewish Agency. Tzvi went on various missions abroad for the Jewish
Agency.
Atsmon Hanna
Neuwirth Lili
Born in Nagymegyer (Vel’ký Meder) in 1921
Member of “Maccabi Hatzair”
Hanna was active in bringing Jewish refugees from Slovakia to Budapest.
She provided them with accommodation, basic equipment and money.
After the German invasion of Hungary on 19.3.1944, Hanna visited forced
labor camps and brought forged documents and money to her comrades
from the movement so they could escape. After May 1944 Hanna took
part in the tiyul operation and within this framework she escorted groups
to Oradea (Nagyvárad). She managed to cross the border and join her
husband who was already in Romania and from there too she helped
refugees.
Hanna made aliya and joined Kibbutz Metzuba where she is still a
member.
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