Hannah Szenes, in the garden of her Budapest home before she moved to Palestine and became a parachutist for rescue missions. Budapest, Hungary, before 1939. Photograph »

Jewish parachutist Hannah Szenes on her first day in Palestine. Haifa, Palestine, September 19, 1939. Photograph »

Jewish parachutist Hannah Szenes at Kibbutz Sedot Yam, a communal agricultural settlement. Palestine, 1941. Photograph »

Jewish parachutist Hannah Szenes at Kibbutz Sedot Yam, a communal agricultural settlement. Palestine, 1942. Photograph »

Jewish parachutist Hannah Szenes with her brother, before leaving for a rescue mission. Palestine, March 1944. Photograph »

Jewish parachutist Haviva Reik, before her emigration to Palestine. Banska Bystrica, Czechoslovakia, 1934. Photograph »

Jewish parachutist Haviva Reik before her mission to aid Jews in Slovakia during the Slovak national uprising. Palestine, before September 1944. Photograph »

Haviva Reik, a parachutist from Palestine, before her mission to aid Jews in Slovakia. She was caught and executed by the Nazis. Palestine, probably before September 1944. Photograph »

Zvi Ben-Yaakov (left) and Haviva Reik (center), Jewish parachutists under British command. Their mission was to aid the Jews in Czechoslovakia, where they were caught by the Nazis and executed. Palestine, before September 1944. Photograph »

Group of Jewish parachutists under British command including Haviva Reik (center), who was sent into Slovakia. Palestine, wartime. Photograph »

Parachutists from Palestine 1) Zvi Ben-Yaakov, 2) Haviva Reik, 3) Rafi Reiss, 4) Abba Berdichev, and 5) Hayim Hermesh on a mission to aid Jews. Tri Duby air base, near Banska Bystrica, Czechoslovakia, September 1944. Photograph »