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Uploaded by on May 7, 2011

Hannah Szenes (July 17, 1921 -- November 7, 1944) was a Hungarian Jew, one of 37 Jews who were trained by the British army to parachute into Yugoslavia during the Second World War in order to help save the Jews of Hungary, who were about to be deported to the German death camp at Auschwitz. Szenes was arrested at the Hungarian border, imprisoned and tortured, but she refused to reveal details of her mission and was eventually tried and executed by firing squad.

The following lines are the last song she wrote after she was parachuted into a partisan camp in Yugoslavia:

Blessed is the match consumed in kindling flame.
Blessed is the flame that burns in the secret fastness of the heart.
Blessed is the heart with strength to stop its beating for honor's sake.
Blessed is the match consumed in kindling flame.

Hannah was in a group of the first Jews Paratrooper.

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  • Great performance. If you go to my channel you'll find my own version....

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