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https://www.bytesdaily.com.au/2013/09/last-words-hannie-schaft.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/07/obituaries/hannie-schaft-overlooked.html

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Hannie studied law at the University of Amsterdam. Here she met two of her close friends who were both Jewish. These friendships gave her even more motivation to help resist against the Nazis when the fight began aside from her hope to become a human rights lawyer.

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She then joined the Dutch resistance movement where she helped many people escape the Nazis, and joined the Resistance Council. When helping with the Resistance became more of a career, she took up the name "Hannie" to stay undercover. Here she did work assassinating those helping the Nazis.

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Eventually, she was found and taken to be executed. A Nazi attempted to shoot her in the head, but it only injured her, and she responded with, "Ik schiet beter!" (I shoot better). Although they ended up shooting her at a closer range after this, her final words will not be easily forgotten.

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Hannie Schaft's actions saved many lives, as well as aiding the resistance movement. She earned a 'Willhelmina resistance cross' and a US decoration. And currently in the Netherlands, there are roads and schools named after her. A bronze statue of her was placed near her birthplace.

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https://www.liberationroute.com/stories/380/hannie-schaft

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"I'll die clean and beautiful."

-Hannie Schaft

Before going to her execution, she put on makeup and did her hair. Hannie wanted to die looking her best, free from grime, and the way she wanted to go out. This was her explanation for doing this.

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Hannie had to get rid of these people because actions helping with the Nazis. She was finally caught when she was searched at a checkpoint. They found her carrying illegal newspapers and a gun.

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Hannie's first act of resistance was helping the Red Cross package first aid kits for soldiers and German refugees who were helping. The Germans came to try to get them to swear loyalty, but she refused. When she was forced to quit later on, she helped her two Jewish friends from school get false IDs.

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

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Jannetje (or Jo) Schaft was born in 1920 in Haarlem, Netherlands. Her mother was Aafje Talea Schaft. She was not Jewish, but had Jewish friends and had a want to enforce human rights.