NOVEMBER 7/CHESHVAN 23

1944:  

Hannah Szenes, an Israeli poetess who was captured after volunteering to parachute behind Nazi lines on a mission to rescue European Jews, was executed in Budapest.

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My God, My God, I pray that these things never end,
The sand and the sea,
The rustle of the waters,
Lightning of the Heavens,
The prayer of Man.