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Who: Hannie Schaft

What: a girl who was born in the Netherlands and became a great resistor to the nazis
when: early 1940s
where: the netherlands

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Born Jannetje Johanna Schaft on September 16, 1920, in Haarlem, Netherlands, she was a very quiet girl growing up. an only child as her sister died of diphtheria when Hannie was just 7 years old, she developed her profound hatred for fascism and the Nazis while growing up with her highly socialist parents.

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After graduating from university, she joined the Dutch resistance, where her secret name became Hannie. she terrorized nazi members across the Netherlands for nearly four years, earning her the nickname by the nazis "the girl with the red hair." during her time in the resistance she was able to work with some of the other excellent resistors like Freddie Oversteegen.

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Hannie Schaft was a threat to the Nazis, and Adolf Hitler ordered her to be killed. One member of the nazis pretended to be a member of the resistance and got the address of schafts parents and the were captured and sent to a concentration camp.she almost turned herself in but the resistance was able to stop her. she then took even more dangerous missions and was eventually captured. her last words were " I'm a better shot," as she was shot to death. She was brutally assassinated on  April 17, 1945, in Bloemendaal, Netherlands, where she is buried today.

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Hannie Schaft had a tremendous impact on society. Her bravery in rebelling against a much greater and more powerful nazi Germany. she was greatly outnumbered and it was also an extremely dangerous job yet she did it very well. she was one of the first and only women in the resistance movement which only furthered her achievements.

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This is Hannie Schafts gun that she used to kill her victims. The gun she used was an m1922.

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Hannie Schaft speaking on her mission where her fellow resistance member Jan Bonekamp was shot and killed “I messed up my job, and Jan got caught, I rode away, and Jan was shot down.”

"i shoot better," one of the most memorable quotes of the war she said just before she died

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In 2020 she was honored by dutch prime minister Kajsa Ollongren on her 100th birthday.

Her service was often overlooked due to her affiliation with communists because of the cold war that followed shortly after her death.

she dyed her hair black on some of her later missions so she wouldn't be identified.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8nNECU9Unc

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Biography of Hannie Schaft: The 24-year-old Dutch Resistance Heroine (1920-1945)