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Brothers For Resistance And Rescue By David Gur

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documents to the Jews living in Protected Houses. Yitzhak was caught afew times by Arrow Cross men but always managed to escape. Duringthe German occupation he operated wearing the uniform of an officer ofthe Hungarian army. As member of the “Kiska” unit, Itzhak was in chargeof the security of the movement’s underground activities. In 1946 hemade aliya. He died during a visit to Budapest.Zarhi JudithSchaeffer JuditBorn in Budapest in 1924Member of “Maccabi Hatzair”Judith lived in Budapest and distributed forged documents. She wasactive in the “Glass House” on Vadász Street. After the liberation shetook care of children who had survived the Holocaust. She accompaniedthem to Marseille on their way to Eretz Israel (Palestine). Judith madealiya. She is a member of Kfar Hahoresh. She held positions in theeducation system of her kibbutz and at the Oranim Seminary.Zimmerman DanZimmerman GyörgyBorn in Cinkota on 17.4.1919Died on 28.8.2008 in IsraelMember of “Hashomer Hatzair”Shortly after he was born, Dan’s family moved to Slovakia. He studied atGerman and Slovak schools. In 1939 he joined the “Hashomer Hatzair”movement. In 1942, with his wife Hanna, he moved to Hungary. He dealtwith the forgery of documents. In June 1944 he moved to Romania,stayed for about two months in Arad in order to organize the reception ofthe tiyul fugitives from the other side of the border.Dan made aliya in August 1944 and joined Kibbutz Ha’ogen. In 1949,while serving in the IDF, he became blind after an explosion that occurredduring an experiment with explosives. Being blind, Dan studied chemistryin the USA. He was the manager of the laboratory in “Ha’ogenplast”, arubber factory in his kibbutz and served as the manager of the rubberinstitute of the Technion.Dan resides in Ra’anana.<strong>Brothers</strong> for <strong>Resistance</strong> and <strong>Rescue</strong> 258

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