Szenes Hannah

  • Senesh, Hannah, 1921-1944
  • Senesh, Channa, 1921-1944
  • Szenes, Hannah, 1921-1944
  • סנש, חנה, 1921-1944
  • Szenes, Anna, 1921-1944
  • ...
Identifier
000400
Type of Entity
Person

Dates of Existence

17/07/1921

07/11/1944

History

Jewish paraschutist and poet, emigrated to Palestine to study. In 1944 parachuted into Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia to offer aid to European Jewry. Captured in Hungary within hours after crossing the border, imprisoned , tortured and executed bu Hungarian authorities.

Places

  • Budapest, Hungary

  • Budapest, Hungary

Sources

  • Encyclopedia of the Holocaust / ed. I. Gutman. - New York : Macmillan, 1990. - v. 3/4, p. 1447