Giora Leiner

Liar Gyora

Leiner György

Born in Kassa (Košice) in 1924

Died in 1983 in Israel

Member of “Hashomer Hatzair”

Giora joined the movement in the early 1930’s. He moved to Budapest and stayed at the hostel for working youngsters on Zöldmáli Street. Later he worked as a nurse in a Jewish hospital. After the German invasion on 19.3.1944, as he knew some Slovak, Giora moved to Slovakia, joined the uprising in Banská Bystrica and fought as a partisan.
Giora made aliya and joined Kibbutz Ga’aton. He left the kibbutz. Giora died in a road accident.