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On this page you will find news and press releases related to the National Hannie Schaft Foundation and its founder and board member, Truus Menger-Oversteegen. The foundation organizes the annual National Hannie Schaft Remembrance and the Hannie Schaftreading.

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Special commemorative items in honour of Hannie, a woman in the resistance, are now available in the webshop. Buy a bag and …

Sneak Peek of the Koepel Cell

After her arrest, resistance icon Hannie Schaft was detained in the Koepelgevangenis prison in Haarlem. On March 21, 2026, the space we …

The performance “February – the struggle of resistance hero Witte Ko” (Dutch spoken) is completely sold out. However, our foundation still has …

In the spirit of Hannie Schaft Theatre maker Liesbeth Rood is explicitly inspired in her work by the ideas of resistance heroine …