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Brothers For Resistance And Rescue By David Gur

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food. His identifying sign was his green scarf that he always wrappedaround his neck. He kept precise notes of the details of the deals hesigned.Sándor’s cooperation with the Zionist Youth underground is worthmentioning. ‘Uncle Somló’ did deliberately not see any difference amongthe various youth movements and worked with all of them. The productshe obtained were mainly milk, cheeses, oil, rice, and beans. Heatingmaterials, clothing, bed linen were also included in his line of work. Hebought and obtained thousands of kilograms of all these items. He did notinterrupt his activities even when the city was bombarded and shelled orwhen his private apartment was completely destroyed. After the liberationin 1945 Sándor continued with his activities and especially helped inobtaining food and other necessary supplies for Jewish orphans whowere gathered in children’s houses. In 1973, after he passed away,people who honoured his memory planted a small forest in his name onthe Carmel Mountain near the university.Sonnenberg LevSonnenberg LévBorn in Újvidék (Novi Sad)Member of “Hashomer Hatzair”Lev was caught by the Hungarian gendarmerie because of hisparticipation in the anti-fascist movement. He was sentenced to forcedlabor and sent to Ukraine where he perished.Spiegel Sándor ‘Sanyi’Member of “Bnei Akiva’Sándor was a member of his movement’s ken in Ungvár (Uzshorod). In1942 he was enlisted in a forced labor camp. In 1944 he hid in Budapest.Sándor was an underground activist. After the war he took part in therevival of the movement.<strong>Brothers</strong> for <strong>Resistance</strong> and <strong>Rescue</strong> 226

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