vrijdag 3 april 2009

4 heroic women of WW2.




Even when I was little I was fascinated by some eras in history. The French Revolution is one of them, another one is World War 2. I wasn't born at the time, but I always watched films and I was thought that at May 4 at 8.00 PM there was a 2 minute silence for those who fell for our freedom. Ofcourse there were many people who did lots of good things in the war and I want to tell a bit about 4 of them. They are all women, but for me they are heroes.

The first of them is Anne Frank, well known for her diary. She hid with her family and some other people in parts of the office building of her father called "Het Achterhuis". People are lining up to see it daily and it is very impressive to see where she lived the last years of her life. It is very sad that someone betrayed her and her famly, so they went to the gaschambers. The only one who survived was Anne's father.

The second person is not so well known out side the Netherlands. Her name is Hannie Schaft. She was a student of law when the war started. She was in the resistance, but when someone was shot in front of her eyes, she decided to do more than that. They attack the bad people who worked for the Germans. One of the attacks killed her lover Hugo. They find a picture of her in his pocket and then the race starts to get her. She dyed her hair red and became the Girl With The Red Hair. She is the most famous Dutch resistance woman.

The third woman I like to talk about is my grandmother. Not known to anyone in the world, except for friends and family, but she did a lot of wonderful things in the war to help Jewish people. She knew Hannie Schaft, but I never found out if they worked together or not. My grandmother once was caught by the German and brought to an officer. She reminded him of his daughter, who was the same age as she was and for that reason he let her go. It didn't stop her from doing what she did. She always wore a Jewish Star necklace. I am very proud of what she did during that time, I hope I never have to follow her footsteps, but if I have to, I do the same without hesitation.

The last woman I want to introduce is Irene Sendler. I have to be honest here, as I never heard of her before there was a message on a film about her life. Irene was a very brave woman who saved 2500 Jewish people in Poland. She always felt like she could save more, but she did what she could. On April 19 there will be a film on the American CBS Channel about Irene. It stars Anna Paquin, Goran Visnjic, Marcia Garden Hay and there is a small part in it for Nathaniel Parker. I really hope everyone in the world gets to see this film. For me it is important that we never forget what happened there and that we have to fight to keep the earth a nice place for everybody to live, whatever religion, race, upbrining and other things. Life is to precious to waste on wars.
Like I said, many people risked their lives to save people and lots of people still do as there still is war going on in the world. I admire everybody who helps fight evil, but these 4 women are the ones that stand out for me. Anne Frank might not have been in the resistance or something else, she was only killed because she was Jewish.
From top to bottom you see Hannie Schaft, Irene Sendler and Anna Paquin and Nathaniel Parker as Irene Sendler and Doctor Majkowski in the Hallmark/CBS film The Courageous Heart Of Irene Sendler.
Interesting links for those who are interested in these ladies, except for my grandmother, as there is no site for her.The links are about the TV film, Irene Sendler, Hannie Schaft and Anne Frank.
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