A Prayer for the austronauts of Columbia: Eli Eli......

[Sirotnikov]

oh blat

[St Leo]

One of the jewish qualities is that people continued to joke around even during the holocaust, about thier grim situation.

Am I to understand that you are on a shuttle in the process of exploding?

[Az]

no. but this was a painful event for the entire nation.


Paiktis: heard that you're coming to Israel this summer.

POLY MEET!
(unless I am in the army )

[Bereta_Eder]

Originally posted by Azazel

POLY MEET!

Sure

I might even come sooner than summer. In the orthodox Passover (sometime in April), if all goes well (economically wise)

[VetLegion]

he song was written by Hana Senesh. She was an immigrant to Israel from Hungary in the 30s IIRC, and a writer.

She later joined the Jewish brigades, and was the only woman in a group of 12 israeli jews who parachuted in Nazi occupied Europe, with the help of the brittish.

She was caught, tortured and executed.

I saw a documentary some time ago, must have been about her. They landed in Bosnia or Croatia and partisans lead them to Hungarian border. I forgot their mission... save Hungarian Jews and transfer them to palestine I think. In the documentary they talked highly of the woman (girl? she was in her twenties I think), they said she was young and beautiful and also very brave.

I dont remember was she tortured, I half watched the documentary while doing something else... but I remember her mother visited her in the prison and she held very strongly there. She also refused an attempt to rescue her .. but I m not sure, maybe I overheard wrong.


Very very brave girl... I will certainly download the wav to hear her song.

[Bereta_Eder]

Originally posted by VetLegion
I saw a documentary some time ago, must have been about her. They landed in Bosnia or Croatia

So was it Croatians that captured her?

1941 - Nazi Germany invades. A 'Greater Croatia' is formed, also comprising most of Bosnia and western Serbia. A fascist puppet government is installed under Ante Pavelic. The regime acts brutally against Serbs and Jews as it seeks to create a Catholic, all-Croat republic. Hundreds of thousands lose their lives.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1097156.stm

[Sirotnikov]

I might even come sooner than summer. In the orthodox Passover (sometime in April), if all goes well (economically wise)

Mucho cool!

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