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\u2018Uncle Rudi and \u2018Uncle Soml\u00f3\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

With the worsening condition of Budapest\u2019s Jews, who were crammed into the ghetto, the Feed the Ghetto operation was established. Its activities included purchasing equipment, beds, mattresses, clothing and medicines needed for the children\u2019s houses, and later also for the ghetto in general. The director of the medical branch of Department A of the International Red Cross (A Nemzetk\u00f6zi V\u00f6r\u00f6skereszt A Oszt\u00e1lya), Dr. Osterweil Koterba began stockpiling medicines for emergencies. The medicines were purchased in large quantities on the black market.<\/p>\n

The economic department was managed by Hansi Brand, Zolt\u00e1n Weiner and Efra Agmon. Rudolph Weis, who was nicknamed Uncle Rudi (Rudi b\u00e1csi) was in charge of transporting the food. The Budapest Rescue Committee (Budapesti Ment\u0151bizotts\u00e1g) had vast sums of money at its disposal, from internal Jewish community sources and from funds that came, until the end of August, via couriers from Istanbul and Geneva.<\/p>\n

Obtaining food was a Herculean task. The black market flourished in Budapest, and the underground operatives began making illegal deals to purchase food. To this end they recruited professionals from among Budapest\u2019s Jewish businessmen \u2013 some of the largest wholesalers in the country, who knew how to get almost anything, and all under the protection of the Red Cross. These food buyers were headed by S\u00e1ndor Soml\u00f3, nicknamed Uncle Soml\u00f3 (Soml\u00f3 b\u00e1csi).<\/p>\n

Uncle Soml\u00f3\u2019s warehouses were filled with food, mainly of the type that can be stored for a long time: legumes, flour, noodles, canned goods, hard cheeses, etc. Uncle Rudi managed the recording of the transports. Quite often the food was stolen by the Arrow Cross (nyilasok). In many cases the food truck drivers had to bribe the Arrow Cross men with some of the foodstuffs, in order to save the rest. At the end of December, when the Russian army was nearing the outskirts of Budapest, Arrow Cross men and even S.S. men were willing to help guard the food shipments, in the hope that by doing so they could save their own skins.<\/p>\n

A few of Uncle Rudi\u2019s lists were preserved, and indicate the magnitude of the food supply and its regulation:<\/p>\n

28.11.44\u00a0\u00a0 40 cases canned tomatoes \u2013 to the main ghetto warehouse<\/p>\n

30.11.44\u00a0\u00a0 14,550 kg flour \u2013 to the main ghetto warehouse<\/p>\n

30.11.44\u00a0\u00a0 500 kg ersatz coffee \u2013 to the main ghetto warehouse<\/p>\n

03.12.44\u00a0\u00a0 4,000 kg beans \u2013 to the main ghetto warehouse<\/p>\n

03.12.44\u00a0\u00a0 2,000 kg beans \u2013 to the main ghetto warehouse<\/p>\n

03.12.44\u00a0\u00a0 Various foodstuffs \u2013 to the main ghetto warehouse<\/p>\n

07.12.44\u00a0\u00a0 10,000 kg dried noodles \u2013 to the main ghetto warehouse<\/p>\n

08.12.44\u00a0\u00a0 20,000 kg baking pumpkin \u2013 to the main ghetto warehouse<\/p>\n

11.12.44\u00a0\u00a0 9,000 kg oatmeal \u2013 to the main ghetto warehouse<\/p>\n

13.12.44\u00a0\u00a0 500 kg hard cheese \u2013 to the main ghetto warehouse<\/p>\n

15.12.44\u00a0\u00a0 Various items \u2013 to the main ghetto warehouse<\/p>\n

15.12.44\u00a0\u00a0 200 straw mattresses \u2013 to the main ghetto warehouse<\/p>\n

15.12.44\u00a0\u00a0 5,000 kg canned tomatoes \u2013 to the main ghetto warehouse<\/p>\n

15.12.44\u00a0\u00a0 5,000 kg flour \u2013 to the main ghetto warehouse<\/p>\n

15.12.44\u00a0\u00a0 10,000 kg flour \u2013 to the bakery on Holl\u00f3 St.[1]<\/a><\/p>\n

15.12.44\u00a0\u00a0 2,000 high quality coal \u2013 to the seniors home on Hungary Blvd. (Hung\u00e1ria k\u00f6r\u00fat)<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.gal-ed.co.il\/zfat-shoa\/Info\/hi_show.aspx?id=19516<\/a><\/p>\n

[1]<\/a> In District VII of the capital. This was the site of one of the ghetto\u2019s bakeries.<\/p>\n

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