Tiny Mulder by CHELSIA POLK

One Quote

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“ ‘May 10, 1940, was a day I’ll never forget… When I awoke, I wondered what that noise was up in the air. The radio confirmed that the Germans were invading. There was no declaration of war. They just came. Just like that. We were a small country then, of eight million, run over by a large army.’”

The Act of Resistance/ Facts

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Tiny used her language skills to help her allies in the war from Germans.She rescued allied airmen and put them in safe houses. In result of helping save many lives, she received the medal of freedom.

Tiny Mulder: Impact of Act

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She was a translator for her Allied forces and help airman which lifted the morale (confidence) of the Dutch. Mulder saved many Dutch lives by finding hiding places for them, but some of the Dutch refused and possibly had gotten sent to concentration camps. Because of the lives she’s saved, she was able to revisit them while she was traveling. To add, she helped put airmen in safe houses as well.

Background Information

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Tiny Mulder, a 19 year old, used her skill of language and her bravery to help her side’s allies in the Netherlands in 1943. She is from the Netherlands and is Jewish. She communicated with countries for information that could help her side win the war.

Multimedia

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Resource Website

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Information/Facts

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Tiny's first job was a courier to deliver maps with information to her side's allies. She and her resistance group communicated with London, but they didn’t get much out of it. Mulder earned the King’s Medal of Courage for the Cause of Freedom in Britain.

Information/Facts

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May 10, 1940 is when it all started for Tiny. Tiny continued to gain more jobs for the resistance group in 1943. Based on population, the Netherlands had lost the most people during the war.

Information/Facts

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Her job of hurrying airmen to safety was difficult and dangerous. If a plane was shot down, ten airmen could be caught by the Germans. If they came down in a field, the chances of being saved were higher.

Information/Facts

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On December 11 1943, a plane caught on fire and two of the pilot’s men were killed. Tiny gave allied soldiers false identity cards to help them escape. Her side of the war was allied with London.

Information/Facts

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On Oct 8 1943, a plane went down and someone opened a parachute and stated that it was one of their softest landings. Tiny knew how to determine if fliers were real Americans or fake Americans. Tiny and others told an old farmer their story through sign language.

Information/Facts

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Some men hid in a loft in the Dutch Reformed Church during the war. Mulder took soldiers with her to Drachten through a taxi. Tiny helped Spicer, a solider, live on a farmer with food and supplies during his escape.

Information/Facts

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Some soldiers were sent to German POW camps. Tiny Mulder improvised to escape the Germans. The group's most dangerous rescue was when a plane of 10 crashed into a windmill.

Pictures

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Another teenage Dutch female helping a resistance.

Pictures

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Tiny Mulder with an award she won.

Pictures

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The King’s Medal for Courage in a Cause for Freedom that Tiny won for helping save lives.

Pictures

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What the plane crash could’ve looked like when Tiny had to rescue one that crashed into a windmill.

Pictures

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What the farms could’ve looked like when soldiers were taken there to escape

Germans.

Another Informational Website

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The Medal of freedom Tiny Mulder won.