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
