Brothers For Resistance And Rescue By David Gur

and through this organization expanded his activities. With the rise topower of the Arrow Cross Party on 15.10.1944 he left his apartmenttogether with his wife and moved to the Ritz Hotel where he handled therescue issues. Komoly was taken from the hotel by Arrow Cross thugs ina devious way and his traces disappeared. In 1944 and until hedisappeared, Komoly kept a diary where he described the efforts, ofwhich he was a partner, made to save Hungarian JewryDr. Kőnig MosheKőnig PálBorn in Budapest on 10.8.1912Died on 9.6.1995 in IsraelMember of “Hatzionim Haclali’im”Moshe was a certified rabbi and had a doctorate. He joined the“Maccabea” movement and later “Barissia”. He worked as a teacher atthe Jewish high school in Budapest but was fired because of his Zionistactivities.After the Germans invaded Hungary on 19.3.1944, Moshe participated invarious underground activities. He took part in setting up the bunker onZöldmáli Street. He distributed Swiss Protection Documents. Moshe wasthe representative of “Hanoar Hatzioni” in the plan to print 7,800certificates in cooperation with Moshe Krausz.After the liberation of Budapest by the Red Army (18.1.1945), Mosheengaged in collecting Jewish children and taking care of them. From1945 to 1949 he was active in the framework of “Hashomer Hatzair” asan educator and also as the manager of a children’s house. He was incharge of the pedagogical section of the children’s department of theJoint in Hungary.Moshe made aliya illegally from Hungary. In 1950 he arrived in Israel withhis wife Miriam and their two children. He stayed in Kibbutz Haogen forfourteen months. In Israel he was a teacher, an educator and aschoolmaster.Kos Avraham ‘Andi’Kos AndorBorn in Szenc (Senec) in 1924Member of “Maccabi Hatzair”Avraham’s family lived in Surányka (Šurianky). After the town wastransferred from Slovakia to Hungary, he assisted refugees who strived toarrive in Budapest.In May 1944 Avraham was enlisted in a forced labor unit, deserted withthe help of documents he was given and joined the undergroundBrothers for Resistance and Rescue 155