My great-aunt, Marie Syrkin, was the translator of "Blessed is the Match" poem, some time before 1946. She also wrote a beautiful book, Blessed is the Match", which contains stories of heroism, including about Hannah Szenes. https://www.amazon.com/Blessed-Match-Story-Jewish-Resistance/dp/0827600….

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