In memoriam Hanna Szenes

Hannah Szenes (often anglicized as Hannah Senesh or Chana Senesh); Szenes Anikó; July 17, 1921-November 7, 1944) was one of 37 Jews from Mandatory Palestine parachuted by the British Army into Yugoslavia during the Second World War to assist in the rescue of Hungarian Jews about to be deported to the German death camp at Auschwitz.

Szenes was arrested at the Hungarian border, then imprisoned and tortured, but refused to reveal details of her mission. She was eventually tried and executed by firing squad. She is regarded as a national heroine in Israel, where her poetry is widely known and the headquarters of the Zionist youth movements Israel Hatzeria, a kibbutz and several streets are named after her.

Source: Wikipedia

You can find the memorial of Hannah Szenes in Budapest in district VII. Hanna Szenes Park and nearby the Mammut shopping mall show the spot where the prison stood and Hanna Szenes was tortured and executed by firing squad on Margit Boulevard.

The house at Dezso Square where Hanna spent her childhood

Laszlo Ocskay aka the Hungarian Schindler

Laszlo Ocskay was a Hungarian army officer who saved thousands of Jewish life from the Nazi death during WWII. He was the commander of Jewish labor battalion and officially collecting and making uniforms for the SS. He saved the life of approx 2500 people. Many of them were children. After the war finished, Ocskay immigrated to the US with his family and died nearly forgotten in 1997, New York. He's monument was erected in the City Park of Budapest. A few years ago the State of Israel honored him.

Abonyi street Jewish school where Ocskay ran the Labour Service Company