Brothers For Resistance And Rescue By David Gur

the children’s house on Orsó Street in Buda where fugitives from theforced labor units also found refuge. At the end of December 1944 Rahelreturned to the “Glass House”. She caught typhus but recovered. Rahelmade aliya in June 1946. She resides in Kiriyat Bialik.Shenhav JosephWeisz JózsefBorn in Budapest in 1930Member of “Dror Habonim”In 1944 Joseph received the confirmation from the government office forrefugees that he indeed was a refugee from North Hungary who had runaway from the Russians. Equipped with his new documents, Josephapplied to the local branch of the fascist Arrow Cross in Budapest andreceived a member’s documentation and uniform. Joseph transferredSwiss Protection Documents and ran various errands for theunderground. In 1947 he left for Eretz Israel (Palestine) on the “Lanegev”ship from France. The ship was intercepted and Joseph stayed for aboutsix months in Cyprus until he made aliya. Joseph stayed for half a year inKibbutz Heftziba and then enlisted in the Palmah. He resides inJerusalem.Shimoni DovSchwartz ErvinBorn in Budapest on 19.2.1919Member of the “Shimoni Group”In 1940, according to his conscription year, he was enlisted in the regularHungarian military service and later transferred to forced labor. When theGermans invaded Hungary on 19.3.1944, he was on sick leave. Thecentral Jewish hospital was taken over by the S.S. Shimoni, who was aGerman speaker, served as the assistant of the hospital director, Dr.Lajos Levi, and maintained daily contact with the S.S. officers. When thehospital was evacuated, Dov organized the smuggling of the operationroom equipment to the new Jewish hospital on 44, Wesselényi Street.Shimoni had to return to his unit but deserted, returned to Budapest andcontinued to work in that hospital and in another hospital that he foundedon 14, Rákóczi Street, outside the ghetto. The medical staff in thishospital came from Wesselényi but the auxiliary staff was enlisted byShimoni from among his friends of the forced labor camp and otherBrothers for Resistance and Rescue 222