Fire In My Heart: The Story Of Hannah Senesh

A promising poet in Budapest, Hannah Senesh became a Zionist and immigrated to British Mandate Palestine in 1939. Four years later, the 22- year-old volunteered to penetrate Nazi-controlled Europe as a British intelligence officer, parachuting into Yugoslavia. Captured, imprisoned, and ultimately executed, Senesh became a national hero to the Jewish community in Palestine within months of her death. Through her writings, photographs, possessions, and interviews with friends and colleagues, her remarkable life was revealed here for the first time.

Created and circulated by the Museum of Jewish Heritage—A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. The Golder Family Foundation is the lead sponsor for all Museum Special Exhibitions. This exhibition is made possible by leadership gifts in loving memory of Anne Ratner from her children and grandchildren, and from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. Additional support provided by the David Berg Foundation and The Laszlo N. Tauber Family Foundation, Inc. We are grateful to the Senesh Family for making the exhibition possible by providing material from their collection.