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After the war he made aliya. He lives in Jerusalem. Eli’s wife, Iluci (born
in Bratislava in 1922), accompanied him and cooperated with him in all
his underground activities.
Cohen Lea
Gaszner Lea
Born in 1924
Member of “Dror Habonim”
Lea was active in “Dror Habonim” from 1943. She was sent to the forced
labor camps where members of the movement were serving and brought
them forged documents in order to help them escape. She did this for
about two and a half months until she was caught, sent to the ghetto and
deported to Auschwitz.
After the liberation Lea made aliya and is a member of Kibbutz Parod.
Dr. Cohen Nissan
Dr. Kahan Niszon
Born in Lemberg (Lvov) in 1883
Died in 1949 in Israel
Member of “Hatzionim Haclali’im”
Nissan was a lawyer. He devoted most of his time to Zionist activities. He
was one of the founders of the student unions “Ivriya” and “Maccabea”
and later of various aid organizations for refugees who arrived in
Hungary. In 1941 he engaged in helping deportees from Kamenec
Podolsk who did not have Hungarian citizenship. After the Germans
invaded Hungary in March 1944, Nissan was a member of the Jewish
Council in Budapest. He was in favour of rescue operations in the country
towns with the help of the Zionist youth movements. Nissan was a
delegate for his movement in Zionist congresses. He left Hungary on the
train of the Relief and Rescue Committee and arrived in Eretz Israel
(Palestine) in 1945. He worked in the legal department of the Keren
Kayemet LeIsrael.
Cohen Shlomo
Kohn Imre
Born in Ipolyság (Šahy) in 11.7.1921
Died on 13.3.1993 in Israel
Member of “Maccabi Hatzair”
Shlomo helped obtain documents, food and money for the refugees from
Slovakia. In 1943 he was drafted to a forced labor camp from which he
escaped in July 1944. Shlomo arrived at the “Glass House” on 29,
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