Hannah Senesh
Hannah Senesh · Arts & Literature
Poet / lyricist
1921, Budapest, Hungary — 1944, Budapest, Hungary
Hungary · Mandatory Palestine
Hannah Senesh is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Poet / lyricist
Hannah Senesh was a Hungarian-born Jewish poet who emigrated to Mandatory Palestine and joined the Jewish paratroopers of the British army during World War II. Parachuted into Yugoslavia in 1944 on a mission to help rescue Hungarian Jews, she was captured, tortured and executed in Budapest at age 23. Her poems, including 'Eli, Eli' ('A Walk to Caesarea'), made her an enduring Jewish and Israeli heroine.
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Poet / lyricist
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Poets & Lyricists
