The Poet Who Parachuted Into Nazi Europe and Never Broke

[00:00:00]Did you knowthat a youngpoet trained as a Britishparatrooperdropped into occupiedEurope andfaced a firing squad withouta blindfold?The story of Hannah Seneshis one of themost moving I have ever come across.

[00:00:13]Born inBudapest in1921, HannahSenesh immigrated toPalestine at18 as anti-Semitismrose inHungary. When news of whatwas happening to Jews inEurope reachedPalestine in 1943, shevolunteered toparachute into occupiedterritory. Shelanded in Yugoslavia in March 1944,worked with.

[00:00:33]Artisan groupsfor threemonths, then crossed intoHungary. Shewas captured immediately,tortured andrefused to reveal herradio codes orbetray a single name. In November1944, at 23 years old, shefaced a firing squad withouta blindfold. Her poems are still read in Israel to day.

[00:00:54]What gets meis that shevolunteered for this. Nobody forcedher. She had safety, shehad a future,and she chose to go backinto the fire. Watch her full story usingthe linkbelow.