Oude Stad in Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands — Northwestern Europe

Hannie Schaft

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, May 20, 2025

1. Hannie Schaft memorial text

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Vrouw in het verzet
1940 - 1945
Hannie Schaft

(English translation:)
A Woman of the Resistance
1940 - 1945
Hannie Schaft

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World II • Women.

Location. 52° 23.221′ N, 4° 38.025′ E. Memorial is in Haarlem, Noord-Holland (North Holland). It is in Oude Stad. It is on Kenaupark. The memorial is located in the northern part of Kenaupark and is easily visible from within the park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Haarlem, Noord-Holland 2011 MP, Netherlands. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in Europe,

the European Union,

Atlantic Europe,

the Benelux Low Countries,

the Schengen Area,

Western Europe,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire

and specifically also the Holy Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Elisabeth Cats-Speelman (about 180 meters away, measured in a direct line); Minny Hanny Cats (about 180 meters away); Wigbolt Ripperda and Kenau Simonstochter Hasselaer (about 210 meters away); Infirmerie / Infirmary (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Station (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Luthers Hofje / Lutheran Almshouse (approx. 0.4

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kilometers away); Frans Loenenhofje / Frans Loenen Almshouse (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Hofje van Oorschot (approx. 0.4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Haarlem.

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1. Hannie Schaft (Wikipedia). Overview:

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".

(Submitted on June 10, 2025.)

2. … Hannie Schaft, Resistance Fighter…(New York Times, July 7, 2023). Full title: Overlooked No More: Hannie Schaft, Resistance Fighter During World War II. Intro:

She killed Nazis in the Netherlands and was known as “the girl with the red hair” on their most-wanted list. Then she was executed.

(Submitted on June 10, 2025.)

3. The teenage Dutch girls who seduced and killed Nazis - BBC REEL (YouTube, 4:57). (Submitted on June 10, 2025.)
4. The Brutal Execution Of Hannie Schaft - The Nazi Killer (YouTube, 5:28).

Hannie Schaft Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, May 21, 2025

2. Hannie Schaft Memorial

Description: Hannie Schaft was a university student when she was forced to sign her support for the Nazis, however when she refused she was forced to leave and then she joined the Dutch resistance. She began with small acts such as stealing ID cards, but then began to become more violent. She carried out murder against Nazi collaborators, and was considered very dangerous by the enemy. She was a hunted woman, and to convince her to give herself up the Germans even arrested her parents…However she was eventually captured, and then was held in prison in Amsterdam. Shortly before World War 2 came to an end, she was taken to some dunes in the Netherlands and executed a month before the war ended. (Submitted on June 10, 2025.)

Hannie Schaft Memorial - wider view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, May 21, 2025

3. Hannie Schaft Memorial - wider view

Hannie Schaft image. Click for full size.

courtesy Noord-Hollands Archief/Fotoburo de Boer (via Wikimedia Commons under CC 1.0), circa 1939

4. Hannie Schaft

Schaft was born in Haarlem. This photo shows her on Kleverlaan, roughly 700-800 meters north of her memorial in Kenaupark.

Funeral Procession for Hannie Schaft and other resistance fighters image. Click for full size.

courtesy ANEFO/Nationaal Archief (via Wikimedia Commons under CC 3.0 license), November 27, 1945

5. Funeral Procession for Hannie Schaft and other resistance fighters

“Thousands gathered along the funeral pathway to the Bloemendaal cemetery of honor to salute Hannie Schaft and other resistance fighters who fell for the Homeland.” The funeral procession started at the Grote Kerk in Haarlem, approximately 5 kilometers to the east. The Bloemendaal cemetery is a Dutch Honorary cemetery reserved for the resistance members who were executed in the nearby dunes. She was the first of 347 to be interred there - she had originally been buried in a shallow unmarked grave at her execution site.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 10, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 168 times since then and 58 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 10, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.