Emma Reik

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Haviva Reik

Emma Reik Haviva Reik (born June 22, 1914 near Banská Bystrica , † November 20, 1944 in Kremnica / Slovakia) was a Slovak resistance fighter against National Socialism .

Life

She was born as Marta Reickova in the village of Nadabula, in the Slovak region around Banská Bystrica, where she joined the socialist-Zionist youth movement Hashomer Hatzair . In 1939 she emigrated to Palestine , where she moved to Kibbutz Ma'anit . The advance of fascist troops in Africa motivated her to serve in the armed forces of Hagana Palmach . The British Special Operations Executive (SOE) cooperated with the Palmach and asked for support. Reik signed up for service with the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) and took part, among other things, in the Battle of el-Alamein.

In support of the Slovak National Uprising , the Jewish Agency asked the SOE to send fighters and to re-establish the exchange of information with its own representatives in Slovakia about Gisi Fleischmann . On September 21, 1944, Reik landed near her hometown, where at that time the center of the Slovak National Uprising was located. Together with Abba Berdiczew , Rafael Reiss , Zvi Ben-Yaakov and Chaim Hermesh , she recruited a group of around 40 Jewish partisans who took part in the defense of Banská Bystrica.

The center of the Slovak rebellion around Banská Bystrica in orange

After the defeat at the end of October 1944, this partisan group withdrew to the Tatra Mountains and tried to build a small "fortress" in the vicinity of the village of Bukovce . The Waffen-SS - Division Galicia defeated the guerrillas after six days, and Haviva Reik was captured and executed several days later.

Honors

  • The Israeli education center Givat Haviva was named after her in 1949
  • The Haviva Reik Peace Prize has been awarded since 1994

literature

Web links

Commons : Haviva Reik  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.wertheimer.info/family/GRAMPS/Haapalah/ppl/c/f/bc99ecd717b332009fc.html accessed on August 23, 2019
  2. ↑ Haviva Reik Peace Prize 2003 ( Memento from October 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 2.11 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Reik, Emma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reik, Haviva; Reich, Chaviva; Reickova, Marta (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovak resistance fighter
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Banská Bystrica
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 1944
Place of death Kremnica