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by: Candice F. Ransom
Binding: Turtleback
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.5318092
EAN: 9780606056106
ISBN: 0606056106
Label: Demco Media
Manufacturer: Demco Media
Number Of Pages: 8
Publication Date: 1993-08
Publisher: Demco Media
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Sales Rank: 6689359
Studio: Demco Media
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Recounts the brief life of the courageous Hannah Senesh, a young woman executed by the Nazis in 1944 for her role in an Allied mission to rescue Allied pilots and Jews.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Best WWII Biography for Young Readers
Move out of the way Anne Frank, this book takes WWII and the Holocaust to a heroic new level. I read this book with my students every year when they study the holocaust. It really gives students a different perspective on the war and unsung heroes. Hannah's story needs to live on in the minds of our students. I only wish it was still being printed.
Rating: - A correction in the reviews
I have to correct some history here from earlier reviews. Hannah Senesh didn't join the US Military. She went from her native Hungary to live in the British Protectorate territory of Palestine, which is today Israel and Jordan. She volunteered to parachute into Europe, along with other Jews with connections to Europe (and also native speakers of those languages) as part of a special British Intelligence operation. The idea was first proposed to the British High Command by the Israelis. And there ... Read More
Rating: - So Young to Die
This is a great book about a brave Jewish girl, Hannah Senesh grew up in Budapest while Hitler's influence. She was a good and hardworking student when she was young. She left her home when she was 18 and moved to Palestine to study. Later in 1943, she joined the British Air Force to rescue Allied pilots and Jews, include her mother. At last, she was captured by the Nazis during a missions and was executed. After i read this book, i felt that Hannah Senesh was brave, and i felt sad to her execution.
Rating: - So Young to Die
This is a great book about a brave Jewish girl, Hannah Senesh grew up in Budapest while Hitler's influence. She was a good and hardworking student when she was young. She left her home when she was 18 and moved to Palestine to study. Later in 1943, she joined the British Air Force to rescue Allied pilots and Jews, include her mother. At last, she was captured by the Nazis during a missions and was executed. After i read this book, i felt that Hannah Senesh was brave, and i felt sad to her execution.
Rating: - So Young to Die
This is about a Jewish girl named Hannah Senesh who grew up while Hitler's commands were spreading around Europe. She was a brave girl who wanted to save many people who were sent to the concentration camp so she joined the British Air Force, the most courageous rescuers. ALthough many men were interested in her and wanted to marry her, she wouldn't accept. She was never married and died at a young age. Later she was executed by the Nazis at a camp. She is known to be one of the most brave and courageous ... Read More
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