Such a heart wrenching story… this young woman was an example for all of us. I am not a Jew.
In turn, I am a person who puts great honor upon those who got over and above what most of us couldn’t ever imagine doing our selves…I don’t know if I could stand up to such pressure as she did…
God forbid that I should ever be put to such a test as she did!
A true story of a brave young Jewish woman who was victorious over the brutality, cruelty, and the wickedness of men. They, in the very act of brutally torturing and finally executing her, sought to convince themselves that they were kind and merciful by offering her the darkness of a blindfold that was more symbolic of their need to prevent themselves from witnessing their own cowardice and cruelty than to ease the suffering of the woman they were about to unjustly and mercilessly execute.
The contrast between this woman’s courage to embrace the truth ,however terrifying, and these cowards who offered her a blindfold to deceive themselves into believing the lie that they were merciful is a stark lesson for humanity.
Living the lie that these Nazi cowards lived is worse than death. This brave woman has, in my opinion, been victorious in every encounter she had with her cowardly persecutors. She did not merely defy them. She defeated them all.
My hero. Thanks for this beautiful piece
I used to sing this song in youth group, and later in my Chavurah. Thank you for sharing her story.
Such a heart wrenching story… this young woman was an example for all of us. I am not a Jew.
In turn, I am a person who puts great honor upon those who got over and above what most of us couldn’t ever imagine doing our selves…I don’t know if I could stand up to such pressure as she did…
God forbid that I should ever be put to such a test as she did!
An amazing young woman!
Thank you, Reuben. We pray to God who heals all our diseases that you are doing well. Psalm 103.
Wonderful courageous woman.
Hungarians are a great people.
I've said to my wife I'd love to emigrate there.
Hannah Szenes (1921-1944)
Remember her story.
I did not know
I will not forget
Thank you
My father was Hungarian. Her spirit reminds me of hers, brave and unyielding.
I never tire of Jewish heroism
Thank you
My grandparents' kibbutz was named after her (...and my great-uncle had an affair with her).
No way! amazing Udi.
A true story of a brave young Jewish woman who was victorious over the brutality, cruelty, and the wickedness of men. They, in the very act of brutally torturing and finally executing her, sought to convince themselves that they were kind and merciful by offering her the darkness of a blindfold that was more symbolic of their need to prevent themselves from witnessing their own cowardice and cruelty than to ease the suffering of the woman they were about to unjustly and mercilessly execute.
The contrast between this woman’s courage to embrace the truth ,however terrifying, and these cowards who offered her a blindfold to deceive themselves into believing the lie that they were merciful is a stark lesson for humanity.
Living the lie that these Nazi cowards lived is worse than death. This brave woman has, in my opinion, been victorious in every encounter she had with her cowardly persecutors. She did not merely defy them. She defeated them all.