Brothers For Resistance And Rescue By David Gur

Tova moved to a girls’ boarding school under the auspices of theCalvinist Church. She worked in children’s houses, took part in thesmuggling of Jews out of the ghetto and distributed forged documents aswell as medicines to those who needed them.Tova lived in Hungary and was a university lecturer.Bar Sela DavidBisseliches PéterBorn in Budapest on 7.9.1923Died in Israel in December 1999IndependentDavid’s father was the chairman of the Hungarian Zionist Association.After the Germans invaded Hungary, he was enlisted in a forced laborunit and served in Miskolc. He deserted and arrived in the “Glass House”in Budapest. He was Simha Hunwald’s assistant. David distributedprotection documents of the Swiss consulate. When the Arrow Crossmen raided the “Glass House”, he hid in one of the rooms, made contactby telephone with the outside world and succeeded in asking for helpfrom Swiss agents and other people. After the liberation, within theframework of his father’s metal factory, he worked for the reconstructionof the Danube bridges that were destroyed during the war. David madealiya in June 1949. He worked in several factories and in the Air ForceIndustry. David wrote a diary about the year 1944, which can be found inthe “Moreshet” archives in Givat Haviva.Barak JudithBischitz JuditBorn in Balassagyarmat in 1921Member of “Hashomer Hatzair”Judith joined the movement at the age of ten together with her oldersister, Leah. In 1938 she moved to Budapest and from there she wassent to a hahshara in Izbég to prepare for aliya to and life in Eretz Israel(Palestine). About a year later, after the hahshara group was dismantled,Judith returned to Budapest. She belonged to the “Sela Organization”. Asof 1942 she helped with the absorption of Jewish refugees arriving fromPoland and Slovakia to Budapest. After the Germans occupied Hungaryon 19.3.1944, Judith supplied forged documents and prepared a bunkerBrothers for Resistance and Rescue 48