Hansi came from a traditional and Zionist family. In 1928 she joined the \u201cShomer\u201d movement which later became the \u201cHashomer Hatzair\u201d but when it became part of the \u201cWorld Movement\u201d, she quit and was among the founders of \u201cNetzah\u201d (Scout Zionist youth movement).
\nIn 1931 Hansi was a member of an \u201cIhud Mapa\u2019i\u201d mission to Vienna in order to meet other similar movements in Austria. She was engaged in
\neducational activities and in setting up hahsharot.
\nIn 1935 she married Joel Brand.
\nAs of 1941 Hansi gave assistance to Jewish refugees who arrived in Hungary from Germany, Austria, Poland and Slovakia. Hansi and Joel\u2019s house and hearts were open to all the refugees, many of whom asked for their help.
\nOn 19.5.1944 Joel went on a mission to Istanbul for the Relief and Rescue Committee, with the support of Adolf Eichmann, in order to present to the representatives of the Yishuv the deal of \u201cGoods for Blood\u201d. Before his departure, Joel introduced Hansi to Eichmann, who entrusted her with being the contact person between the Jews and himself.
\nIn addition to her role as liaison officer Hansi obtained and distributed forged documents and helped hide the forgery laboratory. On May 27th she was arrested by the Hungarian secret police who wanted information about the laboratory, the documents and, especially, about her husband\u2019s mission to Istanbul. Hansi was interrogated and tortured but did not reveal anything. About Joel\u2019s mission, she maintained that he was traveling in order to buy provisions for the Germans. In the end she was released due to the intervention of the Germans who did not want the Hungarians to know the details of Joel\u2019s mission.
\nAfter her release Hansi resumed her activities and dealt mainly with financial matters in order to insure the existence of the children\u2019s houses. At the beginning of January 1945 Hansi and her two sons went into hiding with a Christian family until the city was liberated by the Red Army. The whole family made aliya. At first they lived in Kibbutz Givat Haim but later settled down in Tel-Aviv. Joel published his book \u201cOn a mission for the sentenced to death” and, together, they published another book, \u201cThe Devil and the Soul\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2603,"template":"","Underground Members_cat":[47],"class_list":["post-3533","undergroundmembers","type-undergroundmembers","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","UndergroundMembers_cat-b"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n