In the final months of World War II, the Dutch resistance — a network of fighters and ordinary citizens opposing N@zi occupation — carried out sabotage, intelligence, and support operations despite brutal reprisals by occupying forces. Their struggle during the war was marked by courage and sacrifice as they worked with Allied intelligence, helped hide persecuted people, and disrupted German military efforts across the Netherlands. When news spread in May 1945 that Adolf H!tler had d!ed and the

Selma was 17 and living in Amsterdam when World War II began. Despite not being religious, like other Dutch Jews, her and her family were integrated into the fabric of Dutch society. By 1936, German Jews began fleeing to the Netherlands. But after the 1940 Nazi invasion, anti-Jewish restrictions multiplied, random acts of violence instilled terror, and the deportations began. Helped by resistance members escaping deportation herself, Selma eventually joined their ranks. She traveled through the