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The Girl With the Red Hair: Why Hannie Schaft’s True Story Must Be Told Now

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  The Red Head is a film production committed to telling Hannie Schaft’s WWII story truthfully without compromise. Hannie Schaft, born  Jannetje Johanna (Jo) Schaft,   was an ordinary teenager in university when Hitler invaded the Netherlands on May 10, 1940. Overnight, her two best friends, Sonja Frenk and Philine Polak, were expelled and stripped of their rights for being Jewish. Hannie stole IDs and had them forged so Sonja and Philine could survive with new papers, and when the Nazis declared Jews were “not Dutch,” Hannie answered, “ If they are not Dutch then neither am I .” As decency collapsed around her, Hannie refused to let it die. She hid her Jewish friends and joined the resistance. Philine Polak survived and credited Hannie with saving her life (Philine’s story: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn512184 ). Sonja Frenk could not endure life in hiding. She contacted an escape network in hopes of buying her way out, was betrayed, deported, and died...
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The Wilde Girls Official Trailer (2026) CUT OFF Dropped at the End of the World

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“The train dropped us at the end of the world. Here we are — CUT OFF.” When two wealthy sisters are cast out of New York society, they must learn that losing everything may be the only way to become who they were meant to be. #TheWildeGirls #OfficialTrailer #IndieFilm #Comedy #GreatDepression #Clueless #Wilderness #RealityCheck
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The Wilde Girls | Official Trailer | (2026) Clueless Heiresses Survival Comedy set in 1932

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Pendragon Pictures has released the official trailer for period comedy trailer:  The Wilde Girls . Two heiresses are cut off from the family millions and exiled into the untamed wilderness of the Pacific Northwest during the Great Depression. "It’s never too late to become what you might have been.” - Silas Colter in "The Wilde Girls". Critics are calling the film "entertaining", "must watch" and "a memorable journey". The Wilde Girls, Wilde Girls Movie, Official Trailer, New Movie Trailer, Coming Soon, Streaming Soon, Comedy Film, Period Comedy, Historical Comedy, Fish Out of Water, Female-Led Comedy, Satirical Comedy, 1930s Film, Great Depression Era, 1932 Setting, Pacific Northwest, Wilderness Survival, Feature Film, Filmmaking, Movie News, Entertainment News, Film Buzz
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She was 24 Years Old When the Nazis Executed Her

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𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝟮𝟰 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘇𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 . 𝗛𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 . Jannetje Johanna Schaft was a Dutch law student in Amsterdam when Nazi forces occupied the Netherlands. Like many, she began with small, quiet acts of resistance - stealing identity cards so Jewish friends could escape deportation. Then came a defining moment. When students were ordered to swear loyalty to the Nazi regime, she refused. Expelled from her studies, she returned to Haarlem and committed herself fully to the underground resistance. By 1943, she had joined the Raad van Verzet and took the name the world would later know: Hannie Schaft. Hannie carried out missions few others would risk. She smuggled weapons, delivered coded messages, sabotaged German operations, and executed targeted assassinations. Fluent in German, she deceived enemy soldiers face to face. The Gestapo hunted her relentlessly, ca...
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Hannie Schaft: The True WWII Story of the Girl with the Red Hair Who Defied Hitler

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The True Story of Hannie Schaft - the Girl with the Red Hair  by Susan Goforth, producer of the upcoming feature film  The Red Head  WWII Action Thriller There are moments in history when one ordinary person rises and becomes an unstoppable force against evil. Hannie Schaft was one of those people. The Red Head (c) Pendragon Pictures She was not a trained soldier. She was not born into power. She was not seeking fame. She was a teenage university student when Adolf Hitler invaded the Netherlands on May 10, 1940. And she chose resistance. This is the true World War II story of Hannie Schaft , the young woman who saved Jewish lives, outwitted the Nazi regime, humiliated Hitler, and became the only woman ever placed on Hitler’s Most Wanted List . She is remembered today as " The Girl with the Red Hair .”  And she is the story we are bringing to the screen in the live-action war film action-thriller The Red Head . THE RED HEAD tells the true story of Hannie Schaft, hist...
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