Tzvi grew up in a traditional Jewish family in \u00c9rsek\u00fajv\u00e1r (Nov\u00e9 Z\u00e1mky) in Czechoslovakia. He joined the \u201cHashomer Hatzair\u201d movement at an early age. In 1942 Tzvi was enlisted in a forced labor unit and sent to Ukraine. Because he fell sick with typhus, he was sent back to Gy\u00f8r in Hungary. In the fall of 1944 an emissary of the Zionist underground arrived in Gy\u00f8r with a bag full of forged documents for members of \u201cHashomer Hatzair\u201d, \u201cDror\u201d and \u201cMaccabi Hatzair\u201d who were serving in the camp. Tzvi ran away from the camp and, together with his friend, Anti (Dan Livni) arrived in Budapest. Both of them joined the underground activities. As a member of the staff of the International Red Cross, Tzvi went to the Protected Houses and the ghetto to help the Jews by giving them Swiss Protection Documents and food. Tzvi also escorted the \u2018Rudi B\u00e1csi\u2019 carts. While in hiding on Wekerle S\u00e1ndor Street, he forged seals. After the liberation he took part in the organization of children\u2019s houses. Tzvi was sent to Romania in order to set up transit stations for olim. For two and a half years he worked in Transylvania as the movement\u2019s secretary. In July 1948 Tzvi arrived in Israel, joined the garin in Kibbutz Dan and later, in the framework of hashlama, he moved to Kibbutz Megiddo.
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