// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Sara Braverman? A brave woman.
Sara Braverman | |
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שרה ברברמן | |
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| Born | 1918 |
| Died | 10 February 2013 (aged 94–95) |
Sara Braverman (Hebrew: שרה ברברמן; 1918 – 10 February 2013) was a member of the Jewish Parachutists of Mandate Palestine. She was one of the first female fighters to serve in the Palmach and a founding member of the IDF Women's Corps.[1]
Biography
[edit]Sara (Surika) Braverman was born in Botoșani, Romania to a Jewish family. As a 9 years old girl, she joined Hashomer Hatzair and immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1938 and started Agricultural training. She was a member of Kibbutz Shamir.[2]
Military career
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Braverman was one of 37 Palestinian Jewish parachutists sent by the Jewish Agency and Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE) on military missions in Nazi-occupied Europe.[3][4]
Awards and recognition
[edit]She was honored with lighting a torch on Israel's 62nd independence day in 2010, for her bravery in helping Jews during World War II.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Sarah Braverman, 'IDF's First Lady,' Passes Away". Israel National News. 10 February 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ↑ A Brave Fighter 28 February 2013 Jerusalem Post accessed 14 October 2023
- ↑ "Jewish Parachutists from Palestine". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ↑ Cosner, Shaaron; Cosner, Victoria (1998). Women under the Third Reich: A Biographical Dictionary. Westport: Greenwood Press. p. 156. ISBN 978-0313303159.
- ↑ "Founder of IDF Women's Army Corps parachuted into Nazi-controlled Europe with Hannah Senesh". The Jerusalem Post. 17 May 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- 1918 births
- 2013 deaths
- Israeli female military personnel
- Israeli military personnel of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
- Israeli soldiers
- Jewish parachutists of Mandate Palestine
- Palmach members
- People from Botoșani
- Romanian emigrants to Mandatory Palestine
- Romanian Jews
- Romanian Zionists
- Women in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
- Women in World War II
- Independence Day (Israel) torchbearers
- People from Shamir