David Bar Sela

דוד בר סלע

Bisseliches Péter
Born in Budapest on 7.9.1923
Died in Israel in December 1999
Independent

David’s father was the chairman of the Hungarian Zionist Association. After the Germans invaded Hungary, he was enlisted in a forced labor unit and served in Miskolc. He deserted and arrived in the “Glass House” in Budapest. He was Simha Hunwald’s assistant. David distributed protection documents of the Swiss consulate. When the Arrow Cross men raided the “Glass House”, he hid in one of the rooms, made contact by telephone with the outside world and succeeded in asking for help from Swiss agents and other people. After the liberation, within the framework of his father’s metal factory, he worked for the reconstruction of the Danube bridges that were destroyed during the war. David made aliya in June 1949. He worked in several factories and in the Air Force Industry. David wrote a diary about the year 1944, which can be found in the “Moreshet” archives in Givat Haviva.