Hero Martyr Poet
The inspiring story of a remarkable life cut short.
I don t think Hannah wanted to die for the sake of having her
memory exalted in history or to prove herself equal to a romantic
image she conceived for herself. Her purpose wasn t to die. She
died for her life s purpose. U.S. Senator John McCain, in "Why
Courage Matters"
Hannah Senesh, poet and Israel s national heroine, has come to
be seen as a symbol of Jewish heroism. Safe in Palestine during
World War II, she volunteered for a mission to help rescue fellow
Jews in her native Hungary. She was captured by the Nazis, endured
imprisonment and torture, and was finally executed at the age of
twenty-three.
Like Anne Frank, she kept a diary from the time she was
thirteen. This new edition brings together not only the widely read
and cherished diary, but many of Hannah s poems and letters,
memoirs written by Hannah s mother, accounts by parachutists who
accompanied Hannah on her fateful mission, and insightful material
not previously published in English.
Described by a fellow parachutist as a spiritual girl guided
almost by mysticism, Hannah s life has something of value to teach
everyone. Now the subject of a feature-length documentary, Blessed
Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh, Hannah s words
and actions will inspire people from each generation to follow
their own inner voices, just as she followed hers.
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