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"Hannah Szenes, Her Mission and Her Death" – Booklet Published by Hechaluc (Hechalutz), with Illustration by Shraga ...

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"Hannah Szenes, Her Mission and Her Death" – Booklet Published by Hechaluc (Hechalutz), with Illustration by Shraga Weil – Budapest, 1945
Szenes Anna, KüLdetése És Halála [Hannah Szenes, Her Mission and Her Death], collection of writings by Hannah Senesh, translated into Hungarian by László Kardos, József Schweitzer and Sándor Blaustein. Budapest: Hechaluc [Hechalutz] Press, [ca. 1945]. Hungarian.
Booklet commemorating Hannah Szenes, published by "Hechalutz" and containing a selection of letters, diary entries and poems translated into Hungarian. "Hechalutz" was one of the first publishing houses to renew its activities in Hungary after the holocaust. Its publications documented the condition of the refugees and post-war Europe from a close, first-hand, perspective. The present booklet, dedicated to the story of Hannah Szenes (1921-1944), presents Szenes' heroism, her spirit of protest and refusal to surrender.
Printed on the front cover is an illustration by Shraga Weil (1918-2009).
Not in NLI.
[1] leaf, 31 pp, 24 cm. Good condition. Pen inscription on second page. Stains, creases and tears at margins of cover.

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