Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
REIK, ḤAVIVAH — (Emma; 1914–1944), one of four haganah envoys from Palestine parachuted into Slovakia during World War II. Ḥavivah Reik was born into a working class family in a small Slovak village near Banská Bystrica . She settled in Palestine in 1939,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Reik, Havivah (Emma) — (1914–44) Parachutist heroine. At the age of twentyfive, Havivah Reik emigrated to Palestine from her native Slovakia and joined kibbutz Ma’anit. In 1944 she was one of four volunteers parachuted into Nazi occupied Slovakia on a sabotage and… … Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament
Haviva Reik — (Chaviva Reich, Havivah Reich) (1914 1944) fut l’un des 32 (ou 33) parachutistes Juifs Palestiniens que l’Agence juive et le Special Operations Executive ont envoyés de Palestine en Europe pour des missions militaires dans les pays occupés par… … Wikipédia en Français
Haviva Reik — (Chaviva Reich, Havivah Reich) (1914–1944) was one of thirty two (or thirty three) Palestinian Jewish parachutists sent by the Jewish Agency and the Special Operations Executive (SOE) from Palestine on military missions in Nazi occupied Europe.… … Wikipedia
CZECHOSLOVAKIA — CZECHOSLOVAKIA, republic in Central Europe. Founded in 1918, it united within its political framework the Jewries of the historic countries (bohemia , moravia , and part of silesia ), connected with the hapsburg Empire from 1526 and under its… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BANSKA BYSTRICA — (Hg. Besztercebánya; Ger. Neusohl), town in Slovakia. As Banska Bystrica was a mining town and settled partially by ethnic Germans, Jews were not permitted to live there until 1858. The Jewish congregation was established in 1868. The… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
