Hannah Szenes

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title: Hannah Szenes
text: Hannah Szenes was a Hungarian Jewish poet and a Special Operations Executive (SOE) member. She was one of 37 Jewish SOE recruits from Mandate Palestine parachuted by the British into Yugoslavia during the Second World War to assist anti-Nazi forces and ultimately in the rescue of Hungarian Jews about to be deported to the German death camp at Auschwitz. Szenes was arrested at the Hungarian border by Hungarian gendarmes. She was imprisoned and tortured, but refused to reveal details of her missio
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description: Jewish poet and anti-nazi fighter in World War II
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Szenes
date created: 2003-05-11T18:00:28Z
date modified: 2024-09-08T15:18:56Z
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