Brothers For Resistance And Rescue By David Gur

Lindenfeld Moshe YehudaLindenfeld ErvinBorn in Mád in 1923Murdered in 1944Member of “Bnei Akiva”Moshe studied at various yeshivot and became a certified rabbi. Hejoined his movement in Ungvár. When his Zionist activities andmembership of “Bnei Akiva” became known, he was expelled from theyeshiva. After the Germans invaded Hungary on 19.3.1944, he equippedhimself with the forged Aryan documents of a Protestant Priest and thusavoided being enlisted in a forced labor unit. Moshe took part in hismovement’s underground activities. He stayed at the “Glass House”.After the Arrow Cross rose to power on 15.10.1944, he left the “GlassHouse” and delivered forged documents all over the capital. InDecember, during a “work” meeting in a café, he was caught while inpossession of forged documents and taken for interrogation at the ArrowCross headquarters on 60, Andrássy Street. His comrades organized asearch for him but lost his traces. He was probably shot dead on thebanks of the Danube.Lipkovics TzviLipkovics GyörgyBorn in Tokaj on 18.9.1924Murdered in 1944Member of “Hashomer Hatzair”Tzvi joined the movement in 1938. From April 1944 he was sent by themovement on missions to country towns in order to warn the local Jewsof what lay in store for them and to give them forged documents. On oneof these missions he was sent with Hillel Hakohen, Yitzhak Rotman andYehuda Alpár to the South Transylvania area to open a route to Romaniavia the town of Brašov. All four men were caught, put into a train wagonand deported to Auschwitz. When the train crossed Slovakia, HillelHakohen, Tzvi Lipkovics and Yehuda Alpár jumped off the wagon. Tzviwas shot and killed by “Hlinka Guard” people. Hillel Hakohen was savedand joined the underground activities.Brothers for Resistance and Rescue 168