Women of Valor: Partisans and Resistance Fighters
Letters from the Holocaust: Letters of Hannah Senesh
To her friends in S'dot Yam, 1944: Dearest Comrades, On sea, in the air, in war and peace, wer are all advancing towards
the same goal. Each of us will stand at his post. There is no difference
between my task and that of another. I will be thinking of all of you a
great deal. That's what gives me strenghth. Warmest comradely greetings, To her brother, George, May 10, 1944: Dear George, Though air mail traffic is not too good I've received three letters
from you, and I am so happy I've finally had news of you. It makes me feel
well to know everything is in order, and that you're content. I, too, am
well, but it hurts that we are so far from each other. I've enjoyed some
fine and interesting experiences, but we'll have to wait until I can tell
you all about them. Darling, I am as concerned about Mother as you, but it's terrible that
I can do nothing for her. Without knowing any of the details I can envisage
the horrible situation. You can imagine how much I think of both of you,
and more than ever before of Mother. Forgive this brief letter, but by now you must be used to these succinct
messages. Some day I will make up for all the omissions. Thousand kisses, To her mother, March 1944: Mother darling, In a few days I'll be so close to you - With a million hugs, Hannah's last note to her mother, written in her prison cell, Dearest Mother, I don't know what to say - only this: Your daughter, Quoted from: The Summer That Bled: the Biography of Hannah Senesh, © Copyright Judy Cohen, 2001. |