Hannah senesh by Titus Lykins

tituslykins — 2025-03-10 12:42:13 UTC

After emigrating to Palestine, Hannah volunteered for a special unit in the British Army and parachuted into occupied Yugoslavia.

tituslykins — 2025-03-10 12:45:01 UTC

this podcast episode talks about Hannah's heroism.

tituslykins — 2025-03-11 12:13:59 UTC

hannah senesh was born July 17, 1921 and died November 7, 1944.

tituslykins — 2025-03-12 03:52:11 UTC

hannah was born into a well educated, middle class jewish family

tituslykins — 2025-03-12 04:15:33 UTC

her father, Bela senesh was a well known playwright but passed away when she was young

tituslykins — 2025-03-12 04:17:03 UTC

despite antisemitism in hungary, she excelled in school and was interested in writing and poetry

tituslykins — 2025-03-12 04:19:58 UTC

due to antisemitism in hungary, she moved to British controlled Palestine (modern day israel) where she studied at the nahalal agricultural school and later joined kibbutz sdot yam.

tituslykins — 2025-03-12 04:25:29 UTC

soon after she was arrested at the hungarian border and tortured but refused to reveal information.

tituslykins — 2025-03-12 04:26:29 UTC

she ended up being executed by a firing squad in November 1944 at age 23

tituslykins — 2025-03-12 04:28:47 UTC

hannahs bravery made her a symbol of Jewish resistance

tituslykins — 2025-03-12 04:30:56 UTC

she wrote powerful poems and diaries, some of which became famous like her poem Blessed is the Match

tituslykins — 2025-03-12 12:15:42 UTC

I got my info from myjewishlearning.com and Jewishfilminstitute.org

tituslykins — 2025-03-12 12:18:05 UTC

"There are stars whose radiance is visible on Earth though they have long been extinct"- Hannah senesh