Menahem came from a traditional Jewish family. At the end of 1943 he parted from his family and traveled to Budapest where his older brother and sister lived. They sent him to the town of S\u00e1rv\u00e1r where he stayed under the protection of a local friend.
\nAfter the German invasion of Hungary on 19.3.1944, as the Jews were concentrated in the ghetto, Menahem fled from S\u00e1rv\u00e1r and arrived in Budapest again. In the capital he witnessed the suffering of the Jews and the dangers they were facing. Menahem asked to be rescued and arrived at the \u201cGlass House\u201d on 29, Vad\u00e1sz Street. With the help of a \u201cMizrahi\u201d activist who knew him, he succeeded in entering the House where he joined \u201cHashomer Hatzair\u201d. From David Gur, who was in charge of the forgery laboratory, Menahem received documents bearing the name of Peter Pranitz, a Greek Orthodox Christian, who had fled from the Carpatho-Ruthenia region out of fear of the Russians. In the \u201cGlass House\u201d he was ordered to go out in the streets and distribute forged documents to the Jews. Menahem did this a few times at the risk of his own life.
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