Hannah Szenes: My Metaphysical Sister: Two Jewish Poets on a Mission by Sharon Esther Lampert

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In this visionary autobiographical-metaphysical work, Sharon Esther Lampert reveals the astonishing parallels between her own life and that of legendary Jewish poet-paratrooper Hannah Szenes, who was executed at age 23 while attempting to rescue Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust.

From being cast as Hannah in a school play at age nine, to unknowingly moving into the heart of New York’s Hungarian community, to forming a life-changing friendship with a Hungarian Holocaust survivor, Sharon’s life unfolds as a series of uncanny echoes – synchronicities so precise they feel like destiny.

When a long-lost poem of Hannah Szenes resurfaced after 68 years, its haunting lines about a “blue-eyed girl… alone, in a crowd of a hundred, her and I” struck Sharon with metaphysical force. Was Hannah describing her? Was this a prophetic vision? A soul-connection across generations?

Year first published: 2026