The Girl with the Red Hair explained

The Girl With the Red Hair (original title in Dutch: Het meisje met het rode haar) is a popular biographical novel by Dutch author Theun de Vries (1907–2005).^[1] It was first published in 1956, and has been reprinted many times.^{[2] [3]}

The Girl with the Red Hair is based on the life story of Dutch World War 2 resistance fighter Hannie Schaft.^[4]

In 1981, it was adapted into an acclaimed 1981 film with the same title.

Plot

In the novel, Law student Hannie Schaft finds herself in a resistance group where she starts out doing delivery work. When during a protest she is fired upon and a boy is killed in front of her eyes, she decides to become more actively involved in the resistance. Together with the resistance fighter Hugo, who becomes her lover, she begins to assassinate collaborators of the Nazi occupation regime.

References

1. Web site: Het meisje met het rode haar . 2024-07-02 . Singel Uitgeverijen . nl.
2. Book: Atwood, Kathryn J. . Women heroes of World War II: 26 stories of espionage, sabotage, resistance, and rescue . 2011 . Chicago Review Press . 978-1-55652-961-0 . Chicago . 108 . 617445780.
3. Book: Brady, Tim . Three ordinary girls: the remarkable story of three Dutch teenagers who became spies, saboteurs, Nazi assasins--and WWII heroes . 2021 . Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp . 978-0-8065-4038-2 . New York, NY . 283.
4. Book: Henkes, Barbara . Negotiating racial politics in the family: transnational histories touched by National Socialism and Apartheid . 2020 . Brill . 978-90-04-40160-0 . Egodocuments and history series . Leiden ; Boston . 73–74.