Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh

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Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh

2009

1h 26m

7.3(3 votes)

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The story of Hannah Senesh, a Hungarian poet who was captured by the Nazis, while trying to rescue Jews in WWII.

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4 members

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Peter Hay

Self - Senesh Biographer

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Judy Baumel-Schwartz

Self - Bar-Ilan University

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Michael Berenbaum

Self - Holocaust Scholar

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שמעון פרס

Self - President of Israel

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