The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh In 1944, 22-year old Hannah Senesh parachuted into Nazi-occupied Europe with a small group of Jewish volunteers from Palestine. It was the only military rescue mission for Jews that took place during WW2. This multi-award-winning production follows the remarkable journey of the young Hungarian poet and diarist, paratrooper, and resistance fighter. Told through Hannah’s letters, diaries and poems, her mother’s memoirs, and the recollections of those who knew and loved her─including two of her fellow parachutists─the film traces her life from her childhood in Budapest to her time in British-controlled Palestine. Hannah was drawn to Palestine by the Kibbutz Movement that sought to build an independent Jewish state. The film ends with the daring mission to rescue Jews in her native Hungary.