רייק Reiková Reich Reik, Chaviva Haviva Marta Emma

Birth Name רייק Reiková Reich Reik, Chaviva Haviva Marta Emma
Also Known As רייק, חביבה
Birth Name Reiková Reich Reik, Marta
Also Known As Robinson, Ada

    Ada Robinson 2992503 ACW.2 was the name assumed by Chaviva Reik while serving in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF).

Birth Name Martinovič, Marta

    Marta Martinovič was the name assumed by Chaviva Reik for her parachuting into Slovakia.

Call Name Chaviva
Call Name חביבה
Call Name Marta
Call Name Ada
Call Name Marta
Gender female
Age at Death 30 years, 4 months, 28 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth June 22, 1914 Nadabula Sajóháza, Banskobystrický kraj, Slovensko  

Event Note

Marta Reik grew up in Banská Bystrica, in the Carpathian Mountains Karpaty.

 
Membership   השומר הצעיר ‎haShomer haTzair HaShomer HaTzair

 
Aliyah December, 1939    

Event Note

In 1938, after the annexation of Slovakia by Hungary, Marta Reik became involved, through the Jewish National Fund and the Zionist Organization of Slovakia, in rescue efforts to get Slovakian Jews to Palestine.

 
Membership 1940 קיבוץ מענית kibbutz Maanit, מנשה, חיפה, ישראל  

 
Military Service   פלמ"ח פלוגות מחץ Palmach, הגנה  

 
Military Action     Chaviva Reik volunteered to parachute behind enemy lines in Nazi-held territory

Event Note

The British Special Operations Executive (SOE) asked the Palmach if they could supply people for special operations in Central Europe.
Chaviva Reik joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), serving as 2992503 ACW.2 'Ada Robinson', attended SOE specialist training, including a parachuting course.
She was promoted to Sergeant, and assumed another new name, Martha Martinovic.

Event Note

As part of Operation Amsterdam מבצע אמסטרדם, Chaviva Reik, and Stephan Rafael Reisz (serving as769472 Sgt. S. Rice, RAFVR), Zvi Ben-Yaakov, and Haim Hermesh (Kassaf) waited in Bari, to be parachuted into Slovakia.
On September 15, 1944, the three men parachuted into Slovakia. but the British authorities refused to parachute a woman behind enemy lines for a military operation.
On September 17, 1944, Chaviva Reick hitched a ride with a group of American pilots flying to Banská Bystrica.
On September 21, 1944, she joined up with her group.
At the end of September, 1944, a fifth parachutist, Abba Berdiczew, joined them, bringing radio equipment.
The paratroopers evacuated 60 soldiers and officers of the United States and British Armies.
In late October, 1944, when the Germans occupied Banska-Bystrica, Chaviva Reik and her group of parachutists escaped with 40 Jewish participants and built a camp in the mountains
They were captured after a few days by Ukrainian SS troops of the Galicia Division, and three of the parachutists were interrogated, tortured and sentenced to death as spies.

 
Death November 20, 1944   Chaviva Reik was captured by the Germans and shot as a spy

 
Burial 1952 הר הרצל Har Herzl הר הזכרון Mount HaZikaron, ירושלים,הרי יהודה, ישראל  

Event Note

Chaviva Reik was thrown in a mass grave, along with 250 other Jews and Gypsies, but after the war her body was identified and transferred by the British, to a military cemetery in Prague.

Event Note

The bones of Chaviva Reik were transferred from the cemetery in Prague, and buried in Israel.

 

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    1. רייק Reiková Reich Reik, Chaviva Haviva Marta Emma