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Hundreds of Hannah Szenes items will be displayed to the public: "They will preserve the value heritage it left behind"
76 years after her execution in Hungary, a rich archive kept by her family was transferred to the National Library and made accessible to the general public.
The collection includes letters she wrote and even a pair of notes found in her dress pocket after her death.
The National Library, which has been working to receive the items for years, welcomes: "Enormous national importance"
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Maya Horodnichano
Monday, 30 November 2020, 17:22
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"I see that I actually have nothing to write, I bought a new pen and I enjoy writing with it, I think that is the main motive right now. In addition to that I have a few more moments until the start of the save" (from one of Hannah Szenes'
diaries
)
And even a camera - hundreds of Hannah Szenes items have been transferred to the National Library and will be revealed to the public, 76 years after her execution.
Many of the items were found by Jewish Brigade soldier Moshe Breslavsky in a suitcase under her bed in the sea fields a year after her death, and have since been kept by her family.
Some of the contents and copies of the items have been published over the years.
Szenes was born in Budapest in 1921 and immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1939.
After two years at the agricultural school in Nahalal, she joined Kibbutz Sdot Yam, worked in agriculture, and at the same time wrote poetry and a play about life on the kibbutz.
Szenes enlisted in the British Army in 1943, joining a group of Hebrew paratroopers destined to land on European soil.
This, in order to help rescue pilots who fell on German territory and try to join the partisans to save Jewish communities under Nazi rule.
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She wrote poetry and a play about life on the kibbutz.
Szenes in Sdot Yam (Photo: Beit Hanna Szenes Archive)
In March 1944 she fell with four of her friends in Slovenia, and in June was captured by the Hungarian police and sent to a prison in Budapest.
Szenes was severely tortured in prison for refusing to cooperate with investigators.
Following that torture, she was prosecuted for espionage and treason, and executed on November 7, 1944, when she was 23. In 1950, her bones were brought to Israel and buried in the military section of Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.
Although Szenes was young, she left many items, including a newspaper she edited when she was six, with notebooks, letters, IDs and a typewriter.
These are all, along with the diaries with the songs that have become famous like "Walk to Caesarea" and "Happy Match".
Also, the collection that was transferred to the library last week includes items that Hannah's mother brought to Israel, including a pair of letters that were found in her dress pocket after she was executed: a last song she wrote in Hungarian, and a note she wrote to her mother.
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She was severely tortured for refusing to cooperate with investigators.
Her bone-raising ceremony (Photo: GPO)
Over the years the National Library has worked to receive the collection.
According to the chairman of the library's board, David Bloomberg, “the archive that the library now receives has enormous importance and significance from a national, literary, historical and most importantly - of great educational and Zionist value.
We attribute archived Hannah particularly important and are planning to promote the continuation of the preservation of heritage and memory, especially among the younger generation. "
Director of the National Library, Oren Weinberg, said that during the 2021 act library" accessible digital archive important, for the benefit of the public in Israel and abroad, as it operates In the last decade, millions of items from its collections and collections from other institutions have been scanned and made accessible on the library's digital platforms. "
"Farewell to a collection of great family and personal value."
Hannah Szenes (Photo: GPO)
The Szenes family explained that the delivery of the collection was intended to preserve and promote Hannah's legacy.
"The family is now parting with a collection of great family and personal value and it believes that in this step it ensures the continued preservation, as well as the promotion of the universal, value and artistic heritage that Hannah left behind. Transferring the collection to the National Library And many education. "
"After many years of searching, a new home has finally been found for the entire family's estate for generations," the family added.
"We feel that the collection has reached a safe shore, alongside the opening of the renovated Hanna Szenes House in Sdot Yam."
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