Brothers For Resistance And Rescue By David Gur

the Danube. He had contact with the Zionist underground movement.Thanks to forged documents he managed to escape to Romania bymeans of the tiyul. Mordehai arrived in Eretz Israel (Palestine) in 1944and worked as a printer.Adler NesherÁdler FerencBorn in Budapest, in 1923Perished in Auschwitz, in 1944Member of "Hashomer Hatzair"Nesher studied at the Jewish high school in Budapest. In 1942, heorganized the smuggling of members of his movement from Slovakia toEretz Israel (Palestine). Nesher was captured and arrested in the Garanydetention camp. During the years 1943-1944, he was a member of the"Hashomer Hatzair" leadership. He was captured again in his attempt tocross the border to Romania and deported to Auschwitz where heperished.Adoram Ya'akovFriedman KárolyBorn in Kassa (Košice) on 10.12.1925Died on 2003 in IsraelMember of “Bnei Akiva”Ya'akov arrived in Budapest in 1944, adopted an Aryan look and joinedthe underground activities of his movement. His work consisted ofkeeping in touch with other members, finding accommodation and forgingand distributing forged documents. He also took care of the refugees whoarrived in Budapest by supplying them with money, clothes and food. Hetook part in audacious rescue activities such as the rescue from theGestapo of the Mizrahi leader in Hungary, Avraham Samuel BenjaminFraenkel.In 1946 Ya'akov made aliya on the “Max Nordau” ship and was arrestedand detained by the British Forces for a month and a half in thequarantine camp in Atlit. He received a medal for fighting the Nazis andtheir collaborators.Brothers for Resistance and Rescue 32