Brothers For Resistance And Rescue By David Gur

Kupferstein Joseph ‘Kupi”Kupferstein JózsefBorn in Kassa (Košice) in 1921Perished in 1944Member of “Bnei Akiva”Joseph came from an ultra-orthodox Jewish environment in Kaszony. Hemoved to Budapest. Joseph was one of the prominent figures in hismovement. After the Germans invaded Hungary on 19.3.1944, hebecame an underground activist. Joseph fell sick, had to have anoperation and for a long time was bedridden. He was enlisted in a forcedlabor unit. Joseph perished in an unknown place.Kopfstein MiriamHertschka MagdaBorn on 25.8.1919Died on 31.1.1996 in IsraelMember of “Dror Habonim”From April to July 1944 Miriam was detained in the Kistarcsa camp nearBudapest. Thanks to her knowledge of German, she worked in the campoffice. She forged the documents of 80 Jewish men and wrote that theyhad not yet reached the age of sixteen. Thanks to this forgery they werereleased and arrived in Budapest. The forgery was discovered andMiriam was interrogated. She admitted her crime and was sentenced todeportation to the death camps but luckily she remained in the Kistarcsacamp where she was released in September 1944.Lack ShulamitGara MáriaBorn in Budapest on 22.2.1924Died in 2007 in USA.Member of “Hanoar Hatzioni”In 1944 Shulamit distributed forged documents in the Hungarian countrytowns. She turned her apartment in Budapest into a shelter for therefugees on their way to Romania within the framework of the tiyul.Shulamit herself tried to cross the border into Romania but was caught,incarcerated in the Nagyvárad prison and later deported to Auschwitz andother camps. Shulamit made aliya in 1945 and participated in the War ofIndependence. She was awarded with a medal of "Fighter aginst theNazis". She was married to Dov Broshi. After her second marriage shemoved to the United States.Brothers for Resistance and Rescue 158