Moshe ‘Koshe’ Klein

קליין משה

Klein György

Born in Apagy on 15.1.1926

Died on 23.1.1987 in Israel

Member of “Hashomer Hatzair”

At the age of seventeen Moshe moved to Budapest and was active in the movement. After the Arrow Cross Party rose to power on 15.10.1944, he stayed at the “Glass House” on 29, Vadász Street. Moshe distributed forged documents to Jews while donning the fascist Arrow Cross uniform. He was caught by Arrow Cross men but managed to rescue himself. He was arrested once more by the Gestapo but again he succeeded in escaping with his friends’ help. After the liberation Moshe was the leader of an agricultural hahshara. In 1947 he was on his way to Eretz Israel (Palestine) but was deported to Cyprus. Eventually he made aliya in 1948.
Moshe was a member of Kibbutz Ga’aton. In the last years of his life, he resided in Nahariya.