The Resister: Hannah Szenes! by ALEXA MITCHELL

Background Life of Hannah Szenes!

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Born in Budapest, Hannah Szenes became a Zionist and immigrated to Palestine in 1939. In 1943 Jewish agency officials asked Szenes to join a clandestine military operation, she became a member of the Palmah and participated in a course for paratroopers.

Szenes's Acts of Resistance!

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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's Impact!

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After Szenes's death in 1944, she became a well-known symbol of idealism and self-sacrifice all throughout Budapest. Szenes's also became an instrumental legend due to the songs and poems she wrote. And she was even named a national hero in Israel before she died.

Quotes from Hannah Herself!

am2669687 — 2024-04-18 17:51:33 UTC

In Hannah Szenes poems, there are many quotes that are used to motivate people today positively! Such as, "Life is a fleeting question mark", "But death, I feel is very near", or "I gambled on what mattered most, the dice were cast. I lost". These quotes from her popular and famous poems have been shared nationally, and are used to remember Hannah to this day!

Bob Marley - Get Up, Stand Up

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The Death of Szenes!

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Szenes was captured in June after entering Hungary, and sent to a prison in Budapest, where she was tortured. Since Szenes would not talk, Hungarian authorities arrested her mother. Given the chance to beg for a pardon in November 1944, Szenes chose death by firing squad.

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This is the most famous quote that belonged to Hannah Szenes. She wrote this quote in multiple poems while in a cell from being captured.

Another Act of Resistance from Szenes!

am2669687 — 2024-04-18 18:15:21 UTC

She was one of 32 Jewish parachutists from Palestine that the British Army sent behind German lines for resistance and rescue efforts.

Resistance!

am2669687 — 2024-04-18 18:16:06 UTC

On June 7, 1944, Szenes tried to infiltrate German-occupied Hungary. Authorities captured her as she was trying to cross the border into the country.