Brothers For Resistance And Rescue By David Gur

Minervi HannaWertheimer EditBorn in Debrecen on 1.8.1927Member of “Hashomer Hatzair”Hanna joined the movement at the age of eleven following her brotherand sister’s example.In May 1944, while she was living in the Debrecen ghetto, Hannareceived from her movement forged documents which enabled her toescape only four hours before the ghetto gates closed. She arrived inBudapest and was active in the underground. Hanna was supposed tomeet Pil (Moshe Alpan) in a public park and to recognize him by his stickand hat. She made a mistake and approached another man but, luckily,she was not taken to the police. At the end of June 1944 Hanna leftHungary on the Relief and Rescue Committee train. She made aliya andstayed in Kibbutz Eilon within the framework of Aliyat Hanoar. Sheresides in Jerusalem.Morberger Ervin MosheBorn in Újvidék (Novi Sad) in 1919Perished in 1943Member of “Hashomer Hatzair”Moshe was a member of the “Hashomer Hatzair” ken in Újvidék. In 1941he joined an anti-fascist organization. His underground nickname wasMóric. He was enlisted in a forced labor unit and taken to Ukraine wherehe died.Brothers for Resistance and Rescue 177