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Independent Lens | Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh | PBS

Duration: 01:28:46
Program: Independent Lens #1120
Broadcast Date: Apr. 13, 2010

In 1944, 22-year-old Hannah Senesh parachuted into Nazi-occupied Europe with a small group of Jewish volunteers from Palestine. Theirs was the only military rescue mission for Jews that occurred in World War II.

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Post Date: December 30, 2010