{"id":204117,"date":"2024-08-30T21:38:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-31T02:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=204117"},"modified":"2024-08-30T21:38:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T02:38:43","slug":"hannie-schaft-the-assassin-with-the-fiery-red-hair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/hannie-schaft-the-assassin-with-the-fiery-red-hair\/","title":{"rendered":"Hannie Schaft: The Assassin with the Fiery Red Hair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"793\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.04.47\u202fAM-793x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.04.47\u202fAM-793x1024.jpg 793w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.04.47\u202fAM-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.04.47\u202fAM-116x150.jpg 116w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.04.47\u202fAM-768x992.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.04.47\u202fAM.jpg 1014w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jo Schaft seemed like a pretty normal little Dutch girl right up until she became a cold-blooded Nazi slayer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-estimated-reading-time yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time: <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">11<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jannetje Johanna Schaft was born on 16 September 1920, in Haarlem, a city in northern Netherlands. As a child, she went by Jo. Her mother was a devout Mennonite, while her father taught school. When the little girl was seven, her older sister Anna succumbed to diphtheria. Her parents were exceptionally protective of her as a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><h2>Table of contents<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"#h-the-world-goes-to-hell\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hannie-schaft-the-assassin-with-the-fiery-red-hair\" title=\"Hannie Schaft: The Assassin with the Fiery Red Hair\" data-level=\"2\">The World Goes to Hell<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-the-law-student-goes-to-war\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hannie-schaft-the-assassin-with-the-fiery-red-hair\" title=\"Hannie Schaft: The Assassin with the Fiery Red Hair\" data-level=\"2\">The Law Student Goes to War<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-you-never-forget-your-first\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hannie-schaft-the-assassin-with-the-fiery-red-hair\" title=\"Hannie Schaft: The Assassin with the Fiery Red Hair\" data-level=\"2\">You Never Forget Your First<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-schaft-had-many-superpowers\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hannie-schaft-the-assassin-with-the-fiery-red-hair\" title=\"Hannie Schaft: The Assassin with the Fiery Red Hair\" data-level=\"2\">Schaft Had Many Superpowers<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-no-shortage-of-business\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hannie-schaft-the-assassin-with-the-fiery-red-hair\" title=\"Hannie Schaft: The Assassin with the Fiery Red Hair\" data-level=\"2\">No Shortage of Business<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-schaft-and-her-next-level-killing\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hannie-schaft-the-assassin-with-the-fiery-red-hair\" title=\"Hannie Schaft: The Assassin with the Fiery Red Hair\" data-level=\"2\">Schaft and Her Next Level Killing<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-catastrophe\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hannie-schaft-the-assassin-with-the-fiery-red-hair\" title=\"Hannie Schaft: The Assassin with the Fiery Red Hair\" data-level=\"2\">Catastrophe<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-hannie-schaft-defiant-to-the-end\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hannie-schaft-the-assassin-with-the-fiery-red-hair\" title=\"Hannie Schaft: The Assassin with the Fiery Red Hair\" data-level=\"2\">Hannie Schaft: Defiant to the End<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-the-aftermath\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hannie-schaft-the-assassin-with-the-fiery-red-hair\" title=\"Hannie Schaft: The Assassin with the Fiery Red Hair\" data-level=\"2\">The Aftermath<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-ruminations\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hannie-schaft-the-assassin-with-the-fiery-red-hair\" title=\"Hannie Schaft: The Assassin with the Fiery Red Hair\" data-level=\"2\">Ruminations<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-hannie-schaft-legacy\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hannie-schaft-the-assassin-with-the-fiery-red-hair\" title=\"Hannie Schaft: The Assassin with the Fiery Red Hair\" data-level=\"2\">Hannie Schaft Legacy<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jo\u2019s father was a member of the Social Democratic Workers\u2019 Party, and politics was a common topic of conversation around the home. When she came of age, Jo enrolled in law school intending to become a human rights lawyer. While studying law she developed friendships with several Jewish students. In the late 1930\u2019s with persecution of the Jews on the rise across Europe, Jo felt energized to support them.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-world-goes-to-hell\">The World Goes to Hell<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.15.50\u202fAM-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.15.50\u202fAM-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.15.50\u202fAM-400x265.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.15.50\u202fAM-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.15.50\u202fAM-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.15.50\u202fAM-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.15.50\u202fAM.jpg 1594w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">So much scum in such a tight, enclosed space. These were the masterminds behind the German Operation Fall Gelb.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Germans seized the Netherlands in 1940 as part of the overarching Operation Fall Gelb (Case Yellow). Thus began a brutal occupation that stretched until the country was finally liberated by the Allies in 1945. For five long years, the Germans as well as their Dutch collaborators tirelessly battled resistance forces. Jannetje Johanna Schaft found herself right in the middle of all of that chaos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1943, the Germans demanded that university students sign a declaration of allegiance to the Nazis. Jo refused, as did roughly 80% of her fellow students. She was subsequently ejected from school before graduation. Jo then moved back in with her parents in Haarlem. However, she brought two of her Jewish university friends along with her and hid them from the hated occupiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-law-student-goes-to-war\">The Law Student Goes to War<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now with a little time on her hands, Jo sought out the Resistance. Once established, she was given the codename Hannie. She became known for her fiery red locks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hannie started out small, stealing ID cards for her Jewish friends and working as a courier. However, in short order she developed a proclivity for wet work. Hannie\u2019s true calling was sabotage and assassination. Lots of folks talked about killing Nazis. Hannie Schaft actually did something about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pistool_van_Hannie_Schaft.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pistool_van_Hannie_Schaft.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pistool_van_Hannie_Schaft-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pistool_van_Hannie_Schaft-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pistool_van_Hannie_Schaft-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This is the actual .380ACP Browning M1922 used by Hannie Schaft on her Nazi-killing exploits during the last year of WW2.  Photo by Thayts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Her weapon of choice was a Browning M1922 pistol in .380ACP. Trim, reliable, and concealable, the FN M1922 saw widespread distribution both within the Underground and as a service pistol among Nazi forces. Hannie Schaft put hers to exceptionally good use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-you-never-forget-your-first\">You Never Forget Your First<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hannie\u2019s introduction to the dark, shadowy world of targeted assassination was remarkable. After training in basic weapons maintenance and marksmanship, she was assigned her first live hit&#8211;the targeted killing of a local villain rumored to be an SD officer. As part of a two-person hit team along with a fellow Resistance operative named Cor Rusman, Hannie made her approach to the target. When the time was right, she presented her handgun, leveled it at the man, and squeezed the trigger. Next came a sickening click. The weapon was unloaded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SD man then calmly introduced himself as Frans van der Wiel, the commander of the local Resistance cell. Hannie had passed her test. While she had clearly demonstrated her dedication and willingness, she was furious about having been put through it. However, she was now cleared for field ops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-schaft-had-many-superpowers\">Schaft Had Many Superpowers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.18.01\u202fAM-1024x744.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.18.01\u202fAM-1024x744.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.18.01\u202fAM-400x291.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.18.01\u202fAM-150x109.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.18.01\u202fAM-768x558.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.18.01\u202fAM.jpg 1316w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Patriots of all flavors rose up across Europe to oppose the hated Nazis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Over time, Schaft learned to speak German fluently. She cultivated relationships with Nazi soldiers so as to get closer to her targets. She and her young female friends would put on bright red lipstick and frequent local watering holes looking to pick up German soldiers. They would feign drunkenness and then invite the men out into the woods for a little off-the-books fun before cutting them down and stashing the bodies. Being an attractive woman is like having a superpower. Hannie Schaft used hers to kill Nazis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Time has muted the extent of her operational history. Nobody had time to keep detailed records. However, her personal tally was nonetheless impressive. She was eventually spotted at the site of one of her hits and reported to the authorities. No one knew her identity, but her appearance was distinctive. The Nazis subsequently placed, \u201cThe Girl with the Red Hair\u201d on their most-wanted list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-no-shortage-of-business\">No Shortage of Business<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.23.50\u202fAM-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.23.50\u202fAM-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.23.50\u202fAM-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.23.50\u202fAM-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.23.50\u202fAM-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.23.50\u202fAM-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.23.50\u202fAM.jpg 1598w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Many of the little pocket guns used by the Nazis as well as the Resistance during WW2 were fairly underpowered. Photo by Judson Guns.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On 21 June 1944, Hannie and a fellow Resistance shooter named Jan Bonekamp undertook the targeted killing of a Dutch police officer collaborator named Willem Ragut. Hannie shot the man in the back with her .380ACP Browning. However, Ragut returned fire, striking Bonekamp in the gut before succumbing to his wounds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bonekamp\u2019s injury was lethal, but he survived long enough to make it to the local hospital. There he inadvertently identified Hannie to Nazi sympathizer nurses after they claimed to be with the Resistance. The Nazis were unable to locate Schaft, but they arrested her parents and dispatched them to the Herzogenbusch concentration camp near Den Bosch. The trauma of these events pushed Hannie underground for a time. Miraculously, her parents were safely released after two months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-schaft-and-her-next-level-killing\">Schaft and Her Next Level Killing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"923\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.09.16\u202fAM-923x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.09.16\u202fAM-923x1024.jpg 923w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.09.16\u202fAM-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.09.16\u202fAM-135x150.jpg 135w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.09.16\u202fAM-768x852.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.09.16\u202fAM.jpg 1150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 923px) 100vw, 923px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This is the body of Fake Kris on the street after he was gunned down by Dutch Resistance operatives.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.18.55\u202fAM-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.18.55\u202fAM-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.18.55\u202fAM-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.18.55\u202fAM-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.18.55\u202fAM.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This is Truss Oversteegen with her Sten submachine gun. She and Hannie seduced and killed Nazis together.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From this point forward, Hannie dyed her hair black and tried to be careful. She helped plan the killing of a collaborator policeman named Fake Krist in October of 1944. On 1 March 1945, Hannie and Truus Oversteegen killed another Nazi policeman named Willem Zirkzee.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two weeks later they wounded Ko Langendijk, a local hairdresser who worked as an informant for the German SD. Langendijk survived both this attack and the war only to be sentenced to life in prison for supporting the Nazis during the occupation. However, by now Hannie Schaft was developing a well-earned reputation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-catastrophe\">Catastrophe <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hannie Schaft was arrested at a German checkpoint on 21 March 1945, for illicitly distributing an illegal communist newspaper called de Waarheid (\u201cThe Truth\u201d). In reality, the paper was just her cover. She was actually actively moving secret messages for the Resistance. The newspaper thing was incriminating, but was not the sort of infraction the Germans automatically just flat-out killed you over. Hannie was remanded to a German-run prison in Amsterdam for interrogation and torture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hannie successfully resisted her captors\u2019 efforts to extract information. However, over time her hair inevitably grew out. When the Germans recognized her red roots they knew they had finally captured the master assassin Hannie Schaft. Though the war was just weeks from ending, the Nazis decided that Schaft must die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hannie-schaft-defiant-to-the-end\">Hannie Schaft: Defiant to the End<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.13.01\u202fAM-621x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.13.01\u202fAM-621x1024.jpg 621w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.13.01\u202fAM-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.13.01\u202fAM-91x150.jpg 91w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.13.01\u202fAM-768x1267.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.13.01\u202fAM.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This cadaverous Nazi turd was one Willy Lages. He directed that Hannie Schaft be murdered despite the obvious fact that the war was lost for Germany.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On 17 April 1945, two Dutch Nazis named Mattheus Schmitz and Maarten Kuiper transported Hannie to the dunes of Overveen near Bloemendaal on the direct orders of Willy Lages. Lages headed up the SD in Amsterdam during WW2 and was a proper monster. The young firebrand Resistance fighter was only 24 years old at the time. The two turncoat Dutchmen forced Hannie to kneel, and Schmitz shot her in the back of the head at near-contact range. What happened next made Hannie Schaft a legend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of the compact service pistols used by the Germans and their minions were pathetic little .32-caliber pocket guns. In this case, the round deflected off of Hannie\u2019s skull. She then purportedly turned to her executioners and said, \u201cIk schiet beter!\u201d This translates to, \u201cI shoot better!\u201d Kuiper then stepped forward and killed the woman with a burst of fire from his submachine gun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-aftermath\">The Aftermath<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.13.14\u202fAM-1024x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.13.14\u202fAM-1024x800.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.13.14\u202fAM-384x300.jpg 384w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.13.14\u202fAM-150x117.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.13.14\u202fAM-768x600.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.13.14\u202fAM-1536x1201.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.13.14\u202fAM.jpg 1658w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Dutch people turned out by the thousands to protest the lenient treatment of the Nazi war criminal Willy Lages.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no record of Mattheus Schmitt ever having been prosecuted after the war. However, Maarten Kuiper and Willy Lages were both brought up on charges for war crimes. Kuiper was sentenced to death and executed in 1948. Lages was similarly sentenced. However, in a profoundly controversial move, the Dutch Queen Juliana refused to sign his death warrant. His sentence was commuted to life in 1952.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lages was eventually freed in 1966 due to poor health. His release sparked widespread public protests. Lages eventually returned to Germany where he died of natural causes in 1971.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ruminations\">Ruminations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.11.29\u202fAM-880x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.11.29\u202fAM-880x1024.jpg 880w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.11.29\u202fAM-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.11.29\u202fAM-129x150.jpg 129w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.11.29\u202fAM-768x894.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.11.29\u202fAM.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">It took a minute, but eventually the Dutch people properly memorialized the Resistance heroine Hannie Schaft.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bloemendaal dunes where Hannie Schaft died was the location of a large number of German executions during the war. Once the dust settled, Dutch authorities exhumed the bodies buried there. They found 421 men and one woman&#8211;Hannie Schaft. She was re-interred with honors at a ceremony attended by the Dutch Queen and her husband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hannie Schaft\u2019s reputation waxed and waned through the years. Queen Juliana unveiled a large bronze commemorative statue in her honor in the Kenau Park in Haarlem near where she was born. She was posthumously awarded the Dutch Cross of Resistance as well as the Medal of Freedom by General Eisenhower. However, she was also an avowed communist. During the Cold War, veneration by the Dutch communist party took the shine off of her exploits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hannie-schaft-legacy\">Hannie Schaft Legacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tens of thousands of Dutch communists visited Hannie\u2019s grave until 1951, when such celebrations were forbidden. One event had to be broken up by several hundred riot police backed up by four tanks. It was a weird time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.05.52\u202fAM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.05.52\u202fAM.png 474w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.05.52\u202fAM-306x300.png 306w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.05.52\u202fAM-150x147.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hannie Schaft had the honorific Righteous Among Nations bestowed upon her by Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center. This award is earned by non-Jews who sacrificed exceptionally to protect Jews during the Holocaust.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Eventually, with the Cold War won and communism in decline in the Netherlands, interest in Hannie Schaft\u2019s exploits was kindled anew. Books and movies about her life followed. There is now an annual event staged in Haarlem in her honor. The last Sunday of each November is set aside as a day of remembrance in the Netherlands for Hannie\u2019s life, work, and martyrdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.10.22\u202fAM-1024x686.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.10.22\u202fAM-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.10.22\u202fAM-400x268.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.10.22\u202fAM-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.10.22\u202fAM-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.10.22\u202fAM-1536x1029.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-07-at-9.10.22\u202fAM.jpg 1944w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hannie Schaft was eventually afforded the veneration she deserved after devoting her life to killing the Nazi occupiers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike movie depictions, killing at close quarters is reliably hard. It requires resolve, nerve, technical skill, the right tools, and no small amount of raw unfiltered hate. Hannie Schaft had all of these in abundance. In her brief life and gory death, we see resistance personified. At a time when she could have simply stood aside and let the war pass her by, Hannie took up arms and killed Nazis. She was a patriot of the highest order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><em>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hannie-schaft-the-assassin-with-the-fiery-red-hair\" title=\"Hannie Schaft: The Assassin with the Fiery Red Hair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a> ***<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When she came of age, Jo enrolled in law school intending to become a human rights lawyer. While studying law she developed friendships with several Jewish students. 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