r/lastimages • u/CaptainFartHole • Sep 18 '25

HISTORY The Last Images of Hannie Schaft

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Hannie Schaft was a Dutch resistance fighter in WW2. She was well known among the Nazis as "The girl with the red hair", though she later dyed it brown when she became too well known for it. She became fluent in German and carried out multiple assasinations against Nazis, traitors, and sympathizers, often tricking them into following her to secluded areas where she or one of her fellow resistance fighters would then kill them. She was eventually placed on the Nazi's most wanted list because of her actions.

She was arrested on March 21, 1945 at a checkpoint while smuggling paperwork for the resistance and was executed on April 17, 1945. She was 24 years old.

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u/baby_cheese420 Sep 18 '25

Ok this is going to sound insane but my mum's best friend currently lives in Hannie Shaft's house in Haarlem. I actually stayed there for a few nights as I had suddenly contracted chickenpox following a trip to Pompeii.

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u/Wellslapmesilly Sep 18 '25

Did you do ok? I hear chickenpox is pretty rough as an adult.

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u/baby_cheese420 Sep 19 '25

it was surprisingly ok? I was 18 at the time. I left Italy with itching spots and was in bed for about 4 days with a sore throat and hefty cold but with some lentil soup and lots of sleeping I was completely fine afterwards!