Brothers For Resistance And Rescue By David Gur

Agmon Efraim (Efra)Teichman ErnőBorn in Kisvárda, in 1922Member of “Hashomer Hatzair”Efra was raised in a traditional Jewish family and was the oldest of eightchildren. At the age of sixteen he joined “Bnei Akiva" and later"Hashomer Hatzair" within whose framework he worked for theunderground.In 1943 he was drafted to forced labor service, but managed to evade itand joined the underground activities in Budapest. From March 19, 1944,he dealt with "Aryanization", visited Jewish communities in order to assistthem and warn them of their expected fate. Between June and August hetook part in the tiyul activities, and was in charge of contacts betweenHungarian members of the movement in labor camps and jails and theunderground. He used the name Imre Benkø, and wore a railway officer’suniform. He was one of the liaison people with the Pál Deménycommunist underground.Efra distributed forged documents. Under the auspices of theInternational Red Cross, he was one of the founders of children’s housesestablished by the underground. He supplied food and equipment tothose houses, as well as to the central ghetto in the seventh district, the"Glass House" in Vadász Street, and its branch in Wekerle Street, andother starving Jews in the ghetto.After the liberation he continued his work with the children, and assistedin organizing the illegal immigration of the “Hashomer Hatzair” movementmembers to Eretz Israel (Palestine). In 1946 Efra was a member of adelegation to the Zionist Congress in Basel.Efra made aliya at the end of 1946. At first, he stayed in Kibbutz Ein Dorand later became a member of Kibbutz Ha’ogen, where he lived until1971.Efra is a member of the Society for the Research of the History of ZionistYouth Movements in Hungary. He resides in Mevaseret Tzion and ownsa private import company.His autobiography published in 2008 - Efraim Agmon: Shomer Ahai (OnGuard) Hebrew. Maarachet, Kibbutz Dalia. 2008.Brothers for Resistance and Rescue 33