Hannah Szenes was a Jewish, 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 extermination.
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About this person
Country
IsraelCategory
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1921 to 1944 · aged 23
Written about in
25 languages
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