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Haviva Reik (Marta Reick) was born on 22 June, 1914 in Nadabula (now a part of Rožňava), Slovakia, is a Jewish resistance fighter in World War II (1914–1944). Discover Haviva Reik's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 30 years old?

Popular As Marta Reick
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Age 30 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 22 June 1914
Birthday 22 June
Birthplace Nadabula (now a part of Rožňava), Slovakia
Date of death 20 November, 1944
Died Place N/A
Nationality Slovakia

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1914

Haviva Reik (alternately Haviva Reick, Havivah Reich, Chaviva Reiková or Chaviva Reich) (22 June 1914 – 20 November 1944) was one of 32 or 33 parachutists sent by the Jewish Agency and Britain's MI9 on military missions in Nazi-occupied Europe.

1939

In 1939, she made aliyah—emigrated to what was then Mandatory Palestine—where she joined kibbutz Ma'anit and later enlisted in the Palmach, the elite strike force of the Haganah underground military organization.

1942

In 1942, the Jewish Agency Defense Department formed a plan to send Jews from Palestine to act as agents in Nazi-controlled territories and work with Jewish communities there.

The British needed people who spoke the languages of the occupied countries and were familiar with the land and culture.

The British Special Operations Executive (SOE) asked the Palmach if they could supply people with the right qualities for special operations and with a prior knowledge of Central Europe.

The call was open to women as well as men; Reik was one of those accepted.

She joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), serving as 2992503 ACW.2 "Ada Robinson".

She then joined SOE for specialist training, including a parachuting course.

She was promoted to Sergeant.

Reik was married but separated; her name on her British documents was listed as Martha Martinovich.

The mission, parachuting into Nazi-controlled territory, was highly secret and extremely dangerous; before the operation Reik told friends that she was not sure she would ever return.

An uprising was in progress at the time in her native Slovakia against the Axis-installed Hlinkova Slovenská Ľudová Strana (Slovak People's Party of Hlinka; HSLS).

1943

In late December 1943 these groups had aligned with the Slovak National Council.

The uprising sought to overthrow the German collaborationist government and detach Slovakia from the Axis.

There were armed underground Jewish cells in each of the three Slovak labor camps before the SNR was established.

1944

Reik went to Slovakia in fall 1944 and worked with local Jewish people to resist the German occupation there.

She established a camp for Russian prisoners of war who had escaped, and helped organize a Jewish resistance unit.

The Germans organized forces to put down the Jewish resistance, and Reik and the other parachutists escaped with about 40 local Jews into the mountains.

In November 1944, however, Reik and the other parachutists were captured, killed, and buried in a mass grave.

Marta (Haviva) Reick was born in the Slovakian village of Nadabula (now a part of Rožňava), and grew up in Banská Bystrica in the Carpathian Mountains.

She joined the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement there.

Centered around the Banská Bystrica region, the revolt had begun in the spring of 1944, initiated by the Czechoslovak Agrarian party, part of the Social Democratic party, the Communist party, sectors of the Slovak nationalists, and army officers.

Early in 1944 they established contact with the SNR, and became part of the movement.

The uprising was to coincide with Allied advances, particularly that of the Soviet Army.

However, the Red Army held back.

The partisans made considerable gains, and on August 28 the Nazis decided to occupy Slovakia and eliminate the uprising.

Reik and the other members of her group received training in parachuting in Palestine.

The first time she was to jump from an airplane, she had an injured hand from earlier training, and her trainers were concerned it might not be strong enough to manage the parachute; however she did make the jump with little apparent concern.

After their training, Reik and her group were transported to Cairo to await departure for the mission.

On the night of 14 September 1944,, , and , parachuted into Slovakia; the jump was dubbed "Operation Amsterdam".

Reik had planned to join the jump but British authorities refused to allow her to—they knew the Germans had copies of their standing orders prohibiting female soldiers to cross enemy lines, so they thought if she were captured she would almost certainly be executed as a spy rather than taken prisoner as a soldier.

Haim Hermesh later remembered that Reik burst into tears and said, "what will become of me? ... We promised that all four of us would go together!"

The three male parachutists landed safely and made their way in a few days to Banská Bystrica—and were surprised to find Reik already there waiting for them, working with the local Jews.

Four days after they had jumped, Reik had joined a group of American and British officers who were landing in Slovakia in what was called Operation Leadburn.

At the end of the month, a fifth parachutist,, joined them, bringing radio equipment.

In Banská Bystrica, Haviva and the others engaged in relief and rescue activities.

Reik helped organize various Jewish groups into a resistance, settling disputes among them and lending financial and other assistance.

They also aimed to help Jews escape to Palestine.

The group organized a soup kitchen and community centre for refugees, and facilitated the escape of Jewish children to Hungary and from there to Palestine.

Through their connections with partisan and resistance groups, they helped rescue allied airmen who had been shot down.