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hurt in her neck by a sharp block of ice and was bleeding heavily. As she
was walking to find a refuge, she was caught again by a soldiers’ patrol
that took pity on her, hid her and helped her escape to the branch of the
Swiss consulate on Perczel Mór Street where she stayed until the
liberation.
Vera made aliya. She passed away in 1998.
Weisz Yaakov
Weisz Imre
Born in Érsekújvár (Nové Zámky) on 15.7.1924
Executed by the British in 1947 in Israel
Member of “Beitar”
Yaakov joined the “Beitar” movement during his studies in Munkács. In
1944 he moved to Budapest and was a prominent activist of his
movement in the underground. He saved Jews from the gathering places
for deportation by giving them forged documents. Under his influence and
with his help, a group of comrades from the movement arrived in
Budapest and joined the underground activities of “Beitar”. Yaakov left
Hungary in June 1944 on the train of the Relief and Rescue Committee.
He made aliya in 1945 and took part in the armed operations against the
British mandate in Palestine. He was caught and sentenced to death. He
refused to sign an appeal for pardon and was executed in July 1947.
Weisz Yehoshua
Weisz Herrmann
Born in Nagymegyer (Vel’ký Meder) on 3.4.1922
Member of “Hashomer Hatzair”
Yehoshua came from an orthodox family. He arrived in Budapest in 1941,
and operated within the framework of the underground as a member of
the staff at the hostel for adolescents on Zöldmáli Street. From October
1943 to October 1944 he was enlisted in a forced labor unit. Yehoshua
succeeded in escaping and reaching the “Glass House” on Vadász Street
in Budapest. Later he was active on Wekerle Street. He prepared lists of
people entitled to stay in Protected Houses. After the liberation of
Budapest he engaged in rescuing children at Teleki Pál Street, and
worked as an educator in the Polish orphanage on Szentkirály Street, as
well as on Hungaria Boulevard.He took part in founding a hahshara on
Ilosvai Street and Kibbutz Ehad Bemai. In 1945 Yehoshua made aliya by
a legal certificate. He was a member of a group in Kibbutz Ruhama. In
1946 he was among the founders of Kibbutz "Hasela" in Kiriat Haim, and
in 1947 of Kibbutz Yehiam. He resides in Givatayim.
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