One needs to feel that one's life has meaning. — Hannah (image via Wikimedia Commons) In 1943, Hannah Szenes joined a dangerous mission: a group of Jewish British Army paratroopers had agreed to parachute into Nazi-occupied Europe. 22-year-old Hannah had a mission: rescue captive Jews, stimulate a fledgling resistance movement -- and then get out. She kept a meticulous diary of poetry and observations, recording scraps of verse and her memories from behind enemy lines. After crossing the border into Hungary to stop deportations in 1944, she was captured by the Gestapo and sentenced to death.
A Woman to Know: Hannah Szenes
A Woman to Know: Hannah Szenes
A Woman to Know: Hannah Szenes
One needs to feel that one's life has meaning. — Hannah (image via Wikimedia Commons) In 1943, Hannah Szenes joined a dangerous mission: a group of Jewish British Army paratroopers had agreed to parachute into Nazi-occupied Europe. 22-year-old Hannah had a mission: rescue captive Jews, stimulate a fledgling resistance movement -- and then get out. She kept a meticulous diary of poetry and observations, recording scraps of verse and her memories from behind enemy lines. After crossing the border into Hungary to stop deportations in 1944, she was captured by the Gestapo and sentenced to death.