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First Name

Hannah

Last Name

Szenes

Nickname

Hannah Szenes

Bio

Hannah Szenes (July 17, 1921 – November 7, 1944) was a poet and a Special Operations Executive (SOE) member. She was one of 37 Jewish SOE recruits from Mandate Palestine parachuted by the British into Yugoslavia during the Second World War to assist anti-Nazi forces.

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