JEWISH PARACHUTIST HANNAH SZENES WITH HER BROTHER
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JEWISH PARACHUTIST HANNAH SZENES WITH HER BROTHER
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Jewish parachutist Hannah Szenes with her brother, before leaving for a rescue mission.
Between 1943 and 1945, a group of Jewish men and women from Palestine who had volunteered to join the British army parachuted into German-occupied Europe. Their mission was to organize resistance to the Germans and aid in the rescue of Allied personnel. Hannah Szenes was among these volunteers.
Szenes was captured in German-occupied Hungary and executed in Budapest on November 7, 1944, at the age of 23.
Between 1943 and 1945, a group of Jewish men and women from Palestine who had volunteered to join the British army parachuted into German-occupied Europe. Their mission was to organize resistance to the Germans and aid in the rescue of Allied personnel. Hannah Szenes was among these volunteers.
Szenes was captured in German-occupied Hungary and executed in Budapest on November 7, 1944, at the age of 23.
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Beit Hannah Szenes
Date
1944-03
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https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/photo/jewish-parachutist-hannah-szenes-with-her-brother?parent=en%2F6306
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“JEWISH PARACHUTIST HANNAH SZENES WITH HER BROTHER,” Santa Clara University Digital Exhibits, accessed November 23, 2024, https://dh.scu.edu/exhibits/items/show/4141.
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