Brothers For Resistance And Rescue By David Gur

Palmah: Acronym for Plugot Mahatz (Striking Force), special military units that functioned withinthe Hagana as of 1941 until after Israel's War of Independence.Protected houses: Buildings in Budapest where Jews were protected by neutral foreigncountries or the International Red Cross.Protection documents: Protective passes issued to many Jews in Budapest by legations ofneutral countries and by the Nunciature.Relief and Rescue Committee: Headed by Nathan Komoly, in 1943 the Committee helpedJewish refugees who fled from Austria, Slovakia and Poland into Hungary. In 1944 theCommittee concentrated in dealing with the German authorities for the relief and rescue ofJews in Hungary.Return-tiyul: The smuggling Jews out of Hungary, after the German occupation of the country inMarch 1944, to Slovakia.Tiyul: Hebrew for trip, the code name of the Zionist underground which dealt with the smuggling ofJews from Poland and Slovakia into Hungary, and from Hungary to Romania.Yellow-Star House: One of a series of buildings in Budapest identified by a yellow star inwhich thousands of Jews were concentrated in 1944.Yeshiva: A Jewish institution and rabbinical school for studying the teachings of the Torah andthe Talmud.Yishuv: Hebrew for settlement; usually denoting the Jewish community of Eretz Israel(Palestine).Brothers for Resistance and Rescue 264