Brothers For Resistance And Rescue By David Gur

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Grünwald EliezerBorn on 23.9.1922 in Szuhabaranka ( Bronyka )Member of “Bnei Akiva”Eliezer was active in the movement from 1941. He stayed at a hahsharain Budapest. Eliezer was enlisted in a forced labour unit and was anunderground activist. In 1945 he became a member of the centralleadership and engaged in rehabilitating the movement.Eliezer made aliya. He was a high official in the State Comptroller Officeand at the Mizrahi Bank.Eliezer resides in Jerusalem. His son, Avi, was killed in the Yom KippurWar.Gur DavidGrósz EndreBorn in Okány in 1926Member of “Hashomer Hatzair”David was a member of “Hashomer Hatzair” from 1943. With the Germaninvasion on 19.3.1944, he went underground and joined the team thatprepared forged documents for the members of all the Zionist youthgroups. Over time he was in charge of all forgery activities of documentsand seals. The forgery workshop of the Zionist underground suppliedforged documents to non-Jewish resistance as well. This operation wasthe largest in terms of size and variety in occupied Europe. In December1944 David was caught in the forgery workshop with the whole staff andall the equipment. He was taken to the district headquarters of ArrowCross and brutally interrogated. One member of the staff, Miki Langer,was murdered on the very first night of the interrogation. Gur wastransferred to the central military prison on Margit Boulevard andinterrogated by members of the political department of the gendarmerie.He was released at the end of December together with a group of hiscomrades in a daring operation of the Zionist youth movementsunderground. Owing to his release, over a hundred other prisoners fromthe same prison were freed. A total of 117 detainees were liberated. Thiswas an extraordinary achievement.After the war, from 1945 to 1949, David held central positions in themovement and in the Haganah headquarters. He was the commander ofthe last B'riha from Hungary. David made aliya in 1949 and joinedKibbutz Ga’aton. He learned civil engineering at the Technion. He ownsBrothers for Resistance and Rescue 122
an office for the management of engineering projects.David now resides in Ramat-Gan. He is married, has three daughters andten grandchildren.David is one of the initiators and founders of “The Society for Research ofthe History of the Zionist Youth Movements in Hungary”. Since 1984 theSociety has been active in commemorating the underground operationsof the Zionist youth movements in 1944 and in disseminating informationin Israel and in the world about their activities.David Gur is the author of the anthology: Ahim Lehitnagdut Ulehatzalah (Brothers for Resistance and Rescue ) published by 'The Society for theResearch of the History of the Zionist Youth Move -ment in Hungary'.2004 Israel (Hebrew)The enlarged English edition of the anthology - David Gur: Brothers forResistance and Rescue, published by 'The Society for theResearch ofthe History of the Zionist Youth Movement in Hungary' – in Israel in 2007.(Translated from Hebrew) 270 pages.Gut MarekBorn in Nagymihályi (Michalovce) in 1926Murdered in 1944Member of “Hashomer Hatzair”In 1941 Marek was drafted to a military work unit in Slovakia. InDecember 1943 he moved to Hungary, was caught and detained in theTolonc prison. He escaped and joined the underground activities. Mareksaved the lives of members of the movement and other Jews. Thanks tohis Aryan appearance he was able to move around freely in the streets ofBudapest while wearing an Arrow Cross uniform. On his way to deliverforged documents, in December 1944, he was caught by Arrow Crossmen and executed.Gutmann SándorBorn in Kassa (Košice)Murdered in 1944Member of “Beitar”Sándor lived in Budapest from 1944 and was an underground activist.The Laciköz bunker where he was staying was attacked by Arrow Crossmen and gendarmes. He and his friends tried to break out of the bunkerbut were killed in a firearm battle with their attackers. His friend SchwartzFrigyes and another seven friends from the city of Miskolc, whose namesare not known, were also killed.Brothers for Resistance and Rescue 123
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Copyright © The Society for the Re
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ContentsINTRODUCTION ..............
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several neutral countries, especial
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I wish to express my special thanks
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Herzl himself visited Hungary a few
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THE UNDERGROUND ZIONIST YOUTH MOVEM
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estimated that about 15,000 Jews cr
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LIST OF ZIONIST YOUTH MOVEMENTSAND
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Hatzioni” movement, which at the
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CommunistsThe Hungarian communists
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of Tony, who had a Jewish girlfrien
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The two were about to leave the hou
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preparation for aliya was given to
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was told. “We contacted everyone
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Adler MordehaiAdler GyörgyBorn in
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Agmon Efraim (Efra)Teichman ErnőBo
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In the winter of 1944-1945 she was
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Alpan TovaDiamant GertrudeBorn on 4
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Amir MiriamSpinner Mária “Marcsa
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Arbel Yitzhak 'Bukszi'Baumöhl Istv
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Asael TzviAuslaender Herman ‘Nagy
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Garany detention camp, 1943.Members
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Avidor YardenaPolák GizellaBorn in
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for refugees in one of the capital
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law. When the truth emerged, the Ge
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In the summer of 1943 Joseph contac
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he met Rafi Benshalom, who enlisted
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The Hungarian translation published
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helped free Jews from forced labor
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August 1944 he tried to cross the b
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Adonyahu traveled to Debrecen again
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of Jewish refugees over the border
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when it became part of the “World
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Braun YitzhakBraun FerencBorn in So
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Page 85 and 86: Fast ShmuelFast MiklósBorn in Eper
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Page 89 and 90: Fleischer GyörgyMember of the “S
Page 91 and 92: his wife, Malka Baumøhl. In Kassa
Page 93 and 94: Fraenkel AvrahamSamuel BenjaminFrae
Page 95 and 96: Fraenkel MordehaiFraenkel MiklósBo
Page 97 and 98: Freiman TzviFreiman TamásBorn in K
Page 99 and 100: movement and with the aliya of youn
Page 101 and 102: immigrants from the ships to the sh
Page 103 and 104: Dr. Galor EliyahuDr. Gellért Endre
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Page 107 and 108: of the tiyul but instead, in June 1
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Page 113 and 114: Goldstein ShoshannaRoth ÁgnesBorn
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Page 117 and 118: "Habonim" outing, 1943. Joseph Gár
Page 119 and 120: Grosz YitzhakGrosz ErnőBorn in Deb
Page 121: Grünwald David 'Coca'Grünwald Bé
Page 125 and 126: Members of "Dror", outing in the hi
Page 127 and 128: On October 31 st his camp was attac
Page 129 and 130: papers. Hadasa stayed in the town o
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Page 133 and 134: Herman ShlomoHerman Slomo LadislavB
Page 135 and 136: Hőnig Braha 'Bruhi'Hőnig Borbála
Page 137 and 138: Izsák HavaIzsák ÉvaBorn in Szatm
Page 139 and 140: Prof. Kadari Menahem TzviSchwarcz E
Page 141 and 142: Kama YirmiyahuKemény JackieBorn in
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Page 145 and 146: Katz ImreBorn in Nyiregyháza on 17
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Page 149 and 150: Kilon MosheKlein TiborBorn in Budap
Page 151 and 152: Klein JoliMansworth JoliMember of
Page 153 and 154: Knapp MenahemKnapp BélaBorn in Ér
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Page 157 and 158: Krausz MosheKrausz MiklósBorn in M
Page 159 and 160: Langer Miklós 'Miki'Born in Poprad
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Page 165 and 166: Levavi DinaKomlós KarolinaBorn in
Page 167 and 168: Levi SimonLöwi SimonBorn in 1926Pe
Page 169 and 170: Lisszauer AvriLisszauer ZoltánBorn
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Margalit JosephMarkstein JózsefBor
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opened a new channel of cooperation
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Minervi HannaWertheimer EditBorn in
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on missions to the country towns ca
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comrade who came to the camp where
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Offner Róbert 'Fifi'Born in Kassa
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Palgi JoelNussbecher EmilBorn in Ko
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Cross and was sent to the children
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Prizant TzviPrizant HermanBorn in T
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Reichman EzraReichman ErnőBorn in
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forged papers from underground acti
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Révész YirmiyahuRévész IstvánB
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Rip ImreBorn in Újvidék (Novi Sad
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Ronel Aliza 'Lulu'Barmat AlizaBorn
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Ya’akov participated in the Inter
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Rosenberg MosheBorn in Csenger on 2
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In May 1944 Yeshayahu enlisted in a
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Dr. Roth StephenDr. Roth Sigfried Z
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Sadeh ShlomoSzabó TamásBorn in Bu
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Salomon HavaBarmat ÉvaBorn in Érs
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Schechter DavidBorn in Técső (Tya
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Schlesinger Yaffe GabrielBorn in 18
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Schwartz ShayeSchwartz FrigyesBorn
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Shaanan HaimStern HeniBorn in Érse
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Shapira MosheShapira MórBorn in Ny
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units where foreigners served. In t
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Somló LászlóSpitzer LászlóBorn
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Spitzer LeaNeuwirth EditBorn in Nag
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away from the camp and, together wi
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he was incarcerated in the prisoner
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front. He was arrested in his apart
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Szántó ShmuelSzántó Andor Mikl
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Szenes HannaSzenes AnikóBorn in Bu
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Tordai Sándor Dr.Tischler Sándor
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Tzahor MiriamWeisz Eisenberg Mirjam
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Vardi EstherSechter EditBorn in Té
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Weil ShragaWeil Ferenc FerdinándBo
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Weisz EliezerWeisz LászlóBorn in
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Weisz MosheBorn in Munkács (Mukacs
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hurt in her neck by a sharp block o
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Weisz Yirmiyahu 'Yirmi'Born in Tót
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Wiesel HaimWiesel BernátBorn in Sa
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Dr. Yakobi MenahemJakubovics EmilBo
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Zohar KálmánSonnenschein Kálmán
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EPILOGUEThis book is dedicated to t
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Hahshara: Hebrew for training & pre
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BIBLIOGRAPHY1) A Hasomér Hacair a
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32. Chava Eichler & Yehuda Talmi, H
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Index of NamesAdler Betzalel ......
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Grünwald David 'Coca'.............
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Sajó Eli .........................
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