Brothers For Resistance And Rescue By David Gur

Cross patrols and giving assistance to Jews staying in Protected Houses.He succeeded in liberating his father from a forced labor unit and takinghim to Budapest. When he felt that his Jewish identity was about to bediscovered, together with his comrades, he left Kiska and joined a bunkerin the Zugló area. Prior to that, his brother, Mordehai, met him in the“Glass House”. That was the last time they met. Another brother, Yitzhak,who was also staying at the “Glass House”, was sent on a mission fromwhich he never returned. Rumors spread that David’s bunker had beendiscovered by the fascists and that about ten comrades, most of whomwere members of “Beitar” from the Miskolc area, fought a shooting battleuntil they died as heroes.Maayan LeaMann EditBorn in Miskolc in 1919Member of “Hashomer Hatzair”Lea learned sewing. In 1934 she joined the movement. In 1938 Leamoved to Budapest where she took part in the activities of the movement.After the German occupation of Hungary on 19.3.1944, Lea dealt withobtaining authentic documents for the offices of the Population Registryin Budapest. She tried to cross the border into Romania within theframework of the tiyul without success. She left Hungary with her brother,Haim, on the Relief and Rescue Committee train and at the end of 1944she arrived in Switzerland. Lea made aliya in 1945 and joined Kibbutz EinDor.Mahrer NushiRózsa NusiBorn in Budapest on 22.12.1918Member of “Hashomer Hatzair”Nusi worked in the office of the “Keren Kayemet” on Király Street whereshe met members of the Hungarian “Hashomer Hatzair” movement: RafiBenshalom, Dan Zimmerman and Moshe Alpan. Under their influenceNusi joined the movement. She was an underground activist under thefictitious name of Varga Ilona. Nusi obtained Hungarian documents. Sheworked in a large workshop producing rubber seals. She stole seals andother materials for the forgery of documents and gave them to DanZimmerman. Nusi made aliya in 1944 via Romania within the frameworkof the tiyul. Nusi has been a member of Kibbutz Ha’ogen since then.Brothers for Resistance and Rescue 171