Hannah Senesh
“It’s harder for me to breathe ever since the Hamas attack on Oct. 7,” said Rakefet Senesh Shkiler, Senesh’s great-grandniece.
Perhaps the two most moving items in the collection are a pair of notes found in Senesh’s dress following her execution in 1944: the last poem she wrote and a personal letter to her mother.
The Deputy Commander of the Paratroopers Brigade, Col. (Res.) Oran Bersano, tells about the deeply moving experience of taking part in a commemorative paratrooper expedition in Slovenia.
Despite her death at 23, she left behind a rich literary estate, including manuscripts, photos, documents, personal items and more.