Brothers For Resistance And Rescue By David Gur

Adonyahu traveled to Debrecen again twice with the same purpose until itwas too late to save his family. He was caught but managed to escapeand return to Budapest.He distributed forged documents that arrived from the forgery laboratoryof the Zionist youth movements underground and other sources thanks toDavid Grünwald (“Coca”) and supplied food to the bunkers.He worked from the office of “Hanoar Hatzioni” which was located in thebuilding of the International Red Cross on József Boulevard.On October 15th, 1944, the day the Arrow Cross fascist party rose topower in Hungary, Adonyahu was caught in front of the “Glass House" on29, Vadász Street while holding a bag full of documents. He was taken tothe Gestapo headquarters on Svábhegy Hill and brutally beaten but heargued that he was only a messenger. From the Gestapo headquartershe was taken to the Toloncház prison.Adonyahu was freed thanks to a safe pass given to him by a lawyer forthe Zionist movement, Dr. Beregi. After the liberation he continued withthe rescue operations.Adonyahu made aliya. He worked as a school headmaster and was alsosent on an educational mission to South America.He passed away in Jerusalem.Bisseliches MosheBisseliches MózesBorn in Galicia in 1878Died in Israel in 1970Member of “Hatzionim Haclali’im”In 1888 Moshe arrived in Budapest with his family. He studied at theRabbinical Seminary and at the Budapest Institute of Technology. In1903 he founded the student union “Maccabea”. During WW II Moshegave assistance to refugees from Poland and Slovakia and helped thepilots who were imprisoned. After the war he took part in thereconstruction of the bridges over the Danube River. In 1948 Mosheserved as chairman of the Hungarian Zionist Association before it wasoutlawed. In 1949 he made aliya.Brothers for Resistance and Rescue 63