Hannah Senesh by EVIE WILLIAMS

Hannah Senesh's Backstory

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Hannah Senesh was born July 17, 1921 in Budapest, Hungary. Hannah showed quite some talent at a young age, seeing as her parents were an author and a journalist. Hannah's family was assimilated, Hannah involved herself in Zionist activities. Soon, she left Hungary for Eretz Yisrael, studying at an agricultural school and then settled at Kibbutz Sdot Yam. There, she wrote many poems and also a play about kibbutz life.

Hannah's Act of Resistance

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Hannah was trained in Egypt after joining the British army during the Holocaust. In March 1943, she volunteered to be parachuted into Europe to help the Allies there. In March 1944, she parachuted into Yugoslavia and spent three months with partisans. On June 7, 1944, during a deportation of thousands of Hungarian Jews, she was caught crossing the border by the police. Hannah was tortured, but still stayed silent. In October 1944, she was executed in her trial as a punishment. Afterward, they brought her remains (She was burned to death, her ashes were what was left) to Israel and re-interred at the military cemetery.

Hannah's Impact

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Today, Hannah is a symbol of self-sacrifice to the resistance and British army. Hannah's poems have also been published and turned into music. The song "My God, My God" was based off of Hannah's best-known poem, "Towards Caesarea". Hannah has also been the subject of several artistic works, including a play by Aharon Megged.