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Blessed is the match.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Senesh, Hannah, 1921-1944.
- Senesh, Hannah.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- World War, 1939-1945--Hungary.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (01:25:48)) : sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Good Docs, 2008.
- Language Note:
- Closed-captions in English.
- Summary:
- At only 22, Hungarian poet Hannah Senesh made the ultimate sacrifice — having already escaped Nazi-occupied Europe for Palestine and freedom, she returned, parachuting in behind enemy lines in a valiant effort to save Hungary's Jews, including her mother, from deportation to Auschwitz and certain death. Captured immediately upon crossing the border into Hungary, Hannah was tortured and taken to a prison in Budapest, yet she refused to reveal the coordinates of her fellow resistance fighters — even when they also arrested her mother, Catherine. Hannah became a symbol of courage for her fellow prisoners, encouraging them to remain in good spirits, never losing faith in her Jewish identity, even as she was led out to be executed by firing squad. Narrated by Academy Award Nominee Joan Allen, Blessed is The Match is a truly moving memorial that brings to life this Holocaust heroine through interviews with Holocaust historians, eyewitness accounts from those on the rescue operation as well as in the prison, rare family photographs and the writings of Hannah and her mother. The film recreates Hannah's perilous and heartbreaking mission, reconstructs her defiant months in the Gestapo prison and — through Hannah's diary entries and poetry — looks back on the life of a talented and complex girl who came of age in a world descending into madness.
- Participant:
- Director, Roberta Grossman ; Narrator, Joan Allen.
- Notes:
- Description based on XML content.
- ISBN:
- 9781036246259
- OCLC:
- 1584443453
- Publisher Number:
- 301526
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