2010
April 2010
Thursday 29 April 2010
Thu 29 Apr, 7:30 pm. 1391 Martine Avenue, Scotch Plains, 07076. 908-889-8800. Jewish Community Center of Central New Jersey - [events]
Director: Roberta Grossman Country: United States 2008 This powerful documentary about Hannah Senesh is a story of tragedy and courage which unfolds with unprecedented access to the Senesh family archives. Senesh was a poet and diarist who became a paratrooper, resistance fighter and heroine. During a 1944 mission to rescue Hungary’s Jews, she was captured by the Nazis. Her mother witnessed her ordeal, first as a fellow prisoner and later as Hannah’s advocate. Guest Speaker: Susan Beer, Holocaust survivor and fellow prisoner of Hannah Senesh.