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Something you might not know about Hannah Senesh

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Something you might not know about Hannah Senesh

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Senesh has also been the subject of several artistic works, including a play by Aharon Megged.

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“Captured within hours of having stepped on to Hungarian soil, she was sent to prison in Budapest where she was tortured by Hungarian authorities in the hope of receiving information regarding Allied wireless codes. Within days of entering Hungary, her two co-parachutists were also captured, unaware of Senesh’s whereabouts. Only one of them–Yoel Palgi–was to survive the war.”

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Hannah Senesh: A Jewish Paratrooper & Poet

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Hannah Senesh: A Jewish Paratrooper & Poet

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Senesh dresses up in costume as a Hungarian soldier

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Senesh dresses up in costume as a Hungarian soldier

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In 1943, Senesh joined the British Army and volunteered to be parachuted into Europe.

Senesh trained in Egypt and was one of the thirty-three people chosen to parachute behind enemy lines.

Hannah Senesh was a paratrooper trained to rescue Jews during the Holocaust.

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Photo was taken of Hannah Senesh in 1941

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Photo was taken of Hannah Senesh in 1941

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Hannah Senesh’s moms name is Katherine Senesh

Hannah Senesh was born on July 17, 1921.

Hannah Senesh Budapest, Hungary as the daughter of an author and journalist.

She studied first at an agricultural school and then settled at Kibbutz Sdot Yam.

She was only 23 when she died. (1944)

She wrote poetry, as well as a play about kibbutz life.

She was executed by a firing squad on November 7

Born in Budapest, Hannah Szenes became a Zionist and immigrated to Palestine in 1939

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Article title, Hannah Senesh.Website title,My Jewish Learning
Date accessed, April 28, 2023 Date published,February 22, 2022
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/hannah-senesh/

“Mother, Forgive Me” Hannah Szenes: Zionist, Paratrooper and Port. (2023). Through the Lens of History Mini Exhibits From the Yad Vashem Collections. Retrieved April 28, 2023, from https://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/through-the-lens/hannah-szenes.asp

The Real Hannah Senesh: Honoring a Jewish Hero. (2014). Reform Judaism. https://reformjudaism.org/blog/real-hannah-senesh-honoring-jewish-hero

Hannah Senesh. (n.d.). Copyright 2023. https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/hannah-senesh

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She refused to be blindfolded, staring squarely at her executors and her fate.

Senesh staunchly defended her activities, and she refused to request clemency. Throughout her ordeal, she remained steadfast in her courage

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One - two - three... eight feet long
Two strides across, the rest is dark...
Life is a fleeting question mark
One - two - three... maybe another week.
Or the next month may still find me here,
But death, I feel is very near.
I could have been 23 next July
I gambled on what mattered most, the dice were cast. I lost.

This poem was found in her cell after she died

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On June 7, 1944, Senesh crossed the border into Hungary.

She was caught almost immediately by the Hungarian police and tortured cruelly and repeatedly over the next several months.

“Despite these conditions, Senesh refused to divulge any information about her mission. Even the knowledge that her mother was at risk and that she too might be harmed did not compel Senesh to cooperate with the police.”

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Hannah Senesh died on November 7 1944

Her remains were sent to Israel in 1950