She was 24 Years Old When the Nazis Executed Her
๐ฆ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ . ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ . 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...