Hannah Szenes

[voronochka262]

Why was Hannah Szenes executed by firing squad, when she was not part of the military?

[Wordsworth]

She did join the British military as part of their women's auxilliary. Maybe that was sufficient for a firing squad?

[Sejanus]

Why was Hannah Szenes executed by firing squad, when she was not part of the military?

Szenes was a part of the military. She was a member of the British Special Operations Executive (SOE), and was caught during a mission after she had parachuted in. She was also a member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force which may have been a cover for her real work with SOE. But a member of the military or not, she was caught as a spy and unfortunately for her, treated as such.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Szenes

[voronochka262]

Oh, that's right. For some reason, I got stuck in the mindset of German military .

[Sejanus]

No worries. Szenes is an interesting subject.

[BarKokhba]

Hannah Szenes, better known in Israel as Chana Senesh, was a celebrated poet in British occupied Palestine. She volunteered to parachute into nazi occupued Hungary, her home country. She was caught, tortured and executed. She is considered a hero to the Jewish people to this day.