Brothers for Resistance and Rescue 1 - CENDO

November 1944 Amir organized a refuge for activists of the movement in
a residential building and the defense of the house by men who had
escaped from forced labour units.
After the war Amir took part in the organization of the B'riha mainly on the
Hungarian-Romanian border.
In 1948 he made aliya, served in the IDF and later in the police force from
which he was discharged in 1979 with the rank of Brigadier General Amir
died in Israel.
Dotán Joseph
Vajda József
Born in Nagymegyer (Vel’ký Meder) in 18.6.1923
Member of “Hashomer Hatzair”
Joseph studied in Bratislava and Moravská Ostrava. He joined
“Hashomer Hatzair” in childhood. In 1943 he was conscripted into the
Hungarian army and later into a forced labour unit. Towards the end of
the war he was transferred to Germany, escaped and arrived at the
“Glass House” on Vadász Street in Budapest. In the underground Joseph
dealt with organization and defense, safeguarding the weapons and their
distribution in case the place were attacked. Joseph also prepared lists of
Protection Documents and their distribution. After the liberation he was
active in the children’s houses that were set up in order to rehabilitate the
children and to prepare them for aliya. Joseph dealt with illegal aliya and
escorted groups of Jews from Hungary to Romania. He made aliya and
resides in Ramat Gan.
Efrati Tzvi
Frőhlich Herman Sándor
Born in the town of Hajdunánás in 1923
Died in 1991 in Israel
Member of “Hashomer Hatzair”
Tzvi was born in a Jewish Orthodox family. In 1927 his family moved to
the city of Debrecen and in 1933 they moved to Budapest, where he
studied at the Jewish high school. In 1944 he was enlisted in a forced
labor unit, escaped and found refuge in the “Glass House” on Vadász
Street. He supplied food and forged documents. After the liberation he
joined Kibbutz Ehad BeMay and made aliya illegally on the vessel
“Knesset Israel” that was intercepted by the British and he was sent to
Cyprus. During a struggle with British soldiers he was wounded in the
head.
He arrived in Eretz Israel (Palestine)in 1947 and in 1948, together with
his friends, he founded Kibbutz Ga’aton. He worked as a nurse in a
hospital.
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