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Hannie Schaft
WWII Dutch resistance fighter
Jannetje Johanna (Jo) Schaft (16 September 1920 – 17 April 1945) was a Dutch resistance fighter during World War II.
She became known as "the girl with the red hair" (Dutch: het meisje met het rode haar, German: das Mädchen mit dem roten Haar). Her secret name in the resistance movement was "Hannie".
Early life and education
Jannetje Johanna Schaft was born in Haarlem, the capital of the province of North Holland.[1] Her mother, Aafje Talea Schaft (born Vrijer) was a Mennonite and her father, Pieter Schaft, a teacher, was attached to the Social Democratic Workers' Party; the two were very protective of Schaft because of the death due to diphtheria of her older sister Anna in 1927.[1]
From a young age, Schaft discussed politics and social justice with her family, which encouraged her to pursue law and become a human rights lawyer.[1] During her law studies at the University of Amsterda