Hannah Szenes

Hannah Szenes in a Hungarian army uniform as a Purim costume. Hannah Szenes ( ) ( Hungarian : Szenes Anikó) (July 17, 1921 – November 7, 1944) was a Hungarian Jew , one of 37 Jews who lived in the British Mandate for Palestine (now Israel ), who were trained by the British army to parachute into Yugoslavia during the Second World War in order to help save the Jews of Hungary , who were about to be deported to the German death camp at Auschwitz . Szenes was arrested at the Hungarian border, imprisoned and tortured, but she refused to reveal details of her mission and was eventually tried, and executed by firing squad. She is regarded as a national heroine in Israel, where several streets and a kibbutz are named after her, and her poetry is widely known. Hecht cites Bar Adon, Dorothy and Pessach. The Seven who Fell .

Hannah Szenes in a Hungarian army uniform as a Purim costume Hannah Szenes (often anglicized as Hannah Senesh or Chana Senesh ; ; Hungarian : Szenes Anikó; July 17, 1921 – November 7, 1944) 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. Hecht cites Bar Adon, Dorothy and Pessach. The Seven who Fell .

She was one of 37 Jewish SOE recruits from Mandate Palestine parachuted by the British into Yugoslavia during the Second World War to assist anti-Nazi forces and ultimately 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. Hecht cites Bar Adon, Dorothy and Pessach. The Seven who Fell .

Jewish poet and anti-Nazi fighter in World War II Hannah Szenes (often anglicized as Hannah Senesh or Chanah Senesh; Hebrew : חנה סנש ; Hungarian : Szenes Anna ; 17 July 1921 – 7 November 1944) was a Hungarian-born poet, playwright, and resistance operative trained by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE). In 1944, she was one of 37 Jewish volunteers from Mandatory Palestine parachuted into occupied Europe to support Allied efforts and help rescue Jews facing deportation. After crossing into Hungary from Yugoslavia , she was captured by Hungarian gendarmes, imprisoned, and tortured but refused to reveal mission details. She was later tried for treason by a court under the fascist Arrow Cross regime and executed in Budapest. Szenes is remembered in Israel as a national heroine, known for her poetry and for her actions during the Holocaust. Her most famous poem, A Walk to Caesarea ("Eli, Eli"), is frequently recited in commemorations. In Hungary, her legacy has been slower to gain recognition, though she was officially exonerated in 1993.