Hannah Szenes
Playwright, Military Person
1921 – 1944
Who was Hannah Szenes?
Hannah Szenes was one of 37 Jews from Mandatory Palestine parachuted by the British Army into Yugoslavia during the Second World War to assist in the rescue of Hungarian Jews about to be deported to the German death camp at Auschwitz.
Szenes was arrested at the Hungarian border, then imprisoned and tortured, but refused to reveal details of her mission. She was eventually tried and executed by firing squad. She is regarded as a national heroine in Israel, where her poetry is widely known and the headquarters of the Zionist youth movements Israel Hatzeira, a kibbutz and several streets are named after her.
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- Born
- Jul 17, 1921
Budapest - Also known as
- Hannah Senesh
- Chana Senesh
- חנה סנש
- Szenes Anikó
- Parents
- Siblings
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Hungarian people
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Profession
- Died
- Nov 7, 1944
Hungary - Resting place
- Mount Herzl
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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