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Documentary feature about Hannah Senesh, the World War II-era poet and diarist who became a paratrooper and resistance fighter and was captured, tortured and ultimately executed by the Nazis. Joan Allen narrates.
Narrated by Joan Allen, this is the first documentary feature
about Hannah Senesh, the World War II-era poet and diarist who
became a paratrooper, resistance fighter and modern-day Joan of
Arc. Safe in Palestine in 1944, Senesh joined a mission to rescue
Jews in her native Hungary. It was the only military rescue mission
for Jews during the Holocaust. Senesh parachuted behind enemy
lines, was captured, tortured and ultimately executed by the Nazis.
Her mother, Catherine, witnessed the entire ordeal - first as a
prisoner with Hannah and later as her advocate, braving the
bombed-out streets of Budapest in a desperate attempt to save her
daughter. By Roberta Grossman.