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The Extraordinary Heroism of Hannah Senesh

JL;DR SUMMARY Hannah Senesh's story, captured in the exhibit "Fire in My Heart" at the Illinois Holocaust Museum, highlights her exceptional bravery and personal journey. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryHolocaustZionismHebrew LanguageHeroismFamily BondsBritish ArmyHannah SeneshMount Herzl

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Hungary
"Hannah Senesh was a young Hungarian poet and diarist who was captured and executed November 7, 1944, at age 23, by military police after parachuting into Yugoslavia and then entering Hungary to try to smuggle Jews out of the country."
Caesarea, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"and of her beautiful lyrical poem Walking to Caesarea."
Israel
"Indeed she is an Israeli heroine, buried on Mount Herzl,"
Skokie, Illinois, United States
"but few know the personal side of Senesh, which is powerfully revealed in Fire in My Heart: The Story of Hannah Senesh, now showing at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, in Skokie, Ill."
New York, United States
"originally shown at New Yorks Museum of Jewish Heritage,"

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