fought in the Italian Campaign, including the Battle of Monte Cassino. Their contribution is commemorated in Poland in names of streets and other places. Jewish soldiers and civilians When Anders' Army left the Soviet Union on its journey towards the Middle East, families of the soldiers and groups of Jewish children, war orphans, joined the Jewish soldiers. After arriving in Tehran, Iran, the children were transferred into the hands of the emissaries who brought them to Palestine. Central in obtaining permission for Jewish groups to cross the Iraqi border – permission that had initially been denied – were individuals like Polish Red Cross worker Halina Dmochowska, and prayers were later said for her in various synagogues in Palestine. When Anders' Army reached Palestine, of its over four thousand Jewish soldiers three thousand left the army. Of the Jewish officers and men in Anders' Army who fought in the Italian campaign, 28 were killed and 62 were wounded. 136 of Anders' Jewish soldiers were decorated, including 6 Jews who received the Order of the "Virtuti Militari", the highest Polish Military Decoration for Gallantry. In Italy, Jewish and ethnic Polish soldiers of Anders' Army fought alongside Jewish soldiers in British units, including the Jewish Brigade of the British Eighth Army. In 2006, a memorial to Anders' Army was erected in the Catholic cemetery on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. Notable veterans of Anders' Army Wojtek (1942–1963), bear Menachem Begin (1913–1992), sixth prime minister of Israel (1977–1983) Julian J. Bussgang (born 1925), mathematician, author of the Bussgang theorem Józef Czapski (1896-1993), Polish officer, painter, author, delegated by Anders to investigate the 1940 disappearance of Polish officers in what became known as the Katyn massacre Moszek "Monty" Kuper (1920-2011), Texas real estate developer, philanthropist, humanitarian Alexander Nadson (1926–2015), post-war Belarusian religious leader and Apostolic Visitor for the Belarusian Greek-Catholic faithful abroad Stanisław Nicewicz (1916–2021), Polish officer of the 11 Szwadron Żandarmerii and carpenter. Nikodem Sulik (1893–1954), Polish WWII general Stanisław Szostak (1898–1961), Polish officer Leonid Teliga (1917–1970), Polish sailor and writer, the first Pole to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe Vincent Zhuk-Hryshkevich (1903—1989), Belarusian emigre politician, president-in-exile (1971—1982) References Further reading External links Artists in Arms: Arts & Culture on the Trail of Anders' Army, 1941–1945, extended multimedia guide from Culture.pl Military units and formations of Poland in World War II 1941 establishments in the Soviet Union Military units and formations in Mandatory Palestine in World