Brothers For Resistance And Rescue By David Gur

Tzahor MiriamWeisz Eisenberg MirjamBorn in Kassa (Košice)Member of “Bnei Akiva”In 1943 Miriam and her husband Dov moved to Hungary. She took part inthe underground activities. Miriam returned to Slovakia to visit herparents, was caught and sent back to Hungary.She made aliya. She worked as a nurse.Tzur HaimBurger EndreBorn in Nagymihályi (Michalovce) on 8.11.1923Member of “Hashomer Hatzair”Haim arrived in Budapest in 1941. He gave assistance to refugeesarriving from Slovakia. He was caught and deported back to Slovakia butsucceeded in returning to Budapest.After the Germans invaded Hungary on 19.3.1944, Haim was caughtagain and imprisoned in the detention camp in Kistarcsa. He escapedand, in June 1944, managed to cross the border into Romania within theframework of the tiyul together with a group of friends. In Romania Haimwas caught again but managed to get free.In November 1944 he arrived in Eretz Israel (Palestine). He was amember of the garin of the hahshara in Kibbutz Negba and from 1946 to1960 was a member of Kibbutz Yehiam.He is married to Lea Tzur and lives in Givatayim.Tzur LeaWertheimer OlgaBorn in Hajdúsámson on 19.10.1925Member of “Hashomer Hatzair”Lea joined the movement in 1939. After the Germans invaded Hungaryon 19.3.1944, she was rescued from Debrecen by Haim Golan(Fettmann), an emissary from the movement, together with another fourgirls. She took part in rescue operations equipped with forgeddocuments. She traveled mainly between Debrecen and Budapest andmoved house inBrothers for Resistance and Rescue 241