senesh, hannah

A biography of a Jewish heroine whose resistance work during World War II made her a martyr and an inspiration to those with whom she worked.

Tells the impassioned story of a young woman who left Europe for Palestine in 1939, when she was just 18, but returned five years later on a parachute mission to rescue other Jews. The mission cost Hannah Senesh her life - she was executed at age 23 by a firing squad in Budapest in 1944.

The story of Hannah Senesh, Israel's national heroine, who was captured, tortured, and executed by the Nazis.

A biography of the Jewish heroine whose mission to help rescue European Jews in World War II cost her her life.

A biography of a Jewish heroine whose resistance work during World War II made her a martyr and an inspiration to those with whom she worked.

Hannah Senesh worked to save fellow Jews from her native Hungary during World War II, but was captured and executed by the Nazis at age twenty three. This collection contains her diary, poems, and letters as well as the memoir written by her mother and accounts by parachutists who accompanied her on her mission.

The life story of the young woman who, at the age of 23, was executed by the Nazis for her role in a top-secret Allied mission.