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Hannah Senesh

First Preview: Jul 18, 2019
Opening Date: Jul 24, 2019
Closing Date: Aug 18, 2019
Running Time: 02:00
Hannah Senesh

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Playing @
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place, New York, NY 10280
An award-winning play with music and song / Presented by the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene 

On the eve of the Holocaust, many left Europe for Palestine to save themselves. Very few went back to save others.

This one-woman show tells the true story of Hannah Senesh, the heroic young Jewish woman who escaped from Axis-allied Hungary in 1939 to the safety of British Mandate Palestine. There she joined Haganah and then bravely volunteered for a daring Special Operations mission to parachute back into Europe to save Jews from the Holocaust.

Hannah’s story and indomitable spirit, along with the moving diary and poetry that she left behind, serve as an enduring inspiration to people everywhere standing up to the powers of hatred and oppression.
Off BroadwayPlay - Drama
Show Notes: 1 Intermission
Age Guidance: 15
Audience Advisory: Performance is in English

Performance Schedule

MONDAY, WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY @ 7:30 PM
FRIDAY @ 12:30 PM
SUNDAY @ 2:30 PM & 6:30 PM
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY @ 2:30 PM


Written By
  • David Schechter - based upon the diaries and poems of Hannah Senesh

Music
  • Steven Lutvak

Director
  • David Schechter

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