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Hardcover. An unputdownable debut charting the thrilling life and heroism of Hannie Schaft, a young-woman-turned-Dutch-Resistance-fighter in Nazi-occupied Netherlands.1940, Amsterdam.You're nineteen years old. The war has stolen your future and your country is under siege. The people you love are no longer safe.Will you stand aside as the menace of Nazi evil tightens its grip on your homeland? Or do you unleash your fury, joining forces with your enemies' enemies, plotting to strike?Because if not you, then who?You're drawn deep into a web of plots, disguises and assassinations. The Resistance trained you for this. You flash your enemies a smile and beckon them closer.Little do they know you've grown used to the weight of a gun in your hand.Soon they will all know your name.You're "the Girl with the Red Hair." A match for any Nazi soldier, a true threat, a target._______A tale of formidable defiance told through the eyes of a young heroine so notorious that Hitler himself personally ordered for her capture. Buzzy Jackson's debut is an unputdownable novel of love, loyalty, and the limits we confront when our deepest values are tested. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

A 2012 VOYA Nonfiction Honor List selection Noor Inayat Khan was the first female radio operator sent into occupied France and transferred crucial messages. Johtje Vos, a Dutch housewife, hid Jews in her home and repeatedly outsmarted the Gestapo. Law student Hannie Schaft became involved in the most dangerous resistance work--sabotage, weapons transference, and assassinations. In these pages, young readers will meet these and many other similarly courageous women and girls who risked their lives to help defeat the Nazis.            Twenty-six engaging and suspense-filled stories unfold from across Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Denmark, Great Britain, and the United States, providing an inspiring reminder of women and girls’ refusal to sit on the sidelines around the world and throughout history. An overview of World War II and summaries of each country’s entrance and involvement in the war provide a framework for better understanding each woman’s unique circumstances, and resources for further learning follow each profile. Women Heroes of World War II is an invaluable addition to any student’s or history buff’s bookshelf.

This is the astonishing true story of three teenage Dutch girls, Hannie Schaft and sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen, that has inspired many throughout the world.When Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands in World War II, these girls took up arms against the enemy by seducing high-ranking Nazi officers, luring them into the woods and killing them. They provided Jewish children with safe houses and gathered vital intelligence for the resistance. They did what they did "because it had to be done." Above all, they tried to remain human in inhuman circumstances. Hannie Schaft was executed by the Nazis three weeks before the end of the war and became the icon of female Dutch resistance. Truus and Freddie Oversteegen survived the war, but were forever haunted by the demons of their past.

646 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Articles en allemand, anglais ou russe avec des textes en ouigour ou en turc ancien. 'Die ausge­wählten Schriften Peter Ziemes verdeut­li­chen den Schwer­punkt seiner wissen­schaft­li­chen Tätig­keit, die Erfor­schung des buddhis­ti­schen Schrift­tums der Alten Türken, vor allem auf der Grund­lage der Text­frag­mente der Berliner Turfan­samm­lung. Eine umfas­sende, mono­gra­phi­sche Studie zum alttür­ki­schen Buddhismus ist wegen der noch nicht abge­sch­los­senen Bear­bei­tung der Quellen und der Neufunde uigu­ri­scher Hand­schriften bis heute welt­weit ein Desi­de­ratum geblieben. P. Ziemes Unter­su­chungen zu diesem Thema sind inter­na­tional hoch geschätzt und werden sowohl von Fach­kol­legen wie auch von den Kollegen in den Nach­bar­dis­zi­p­linen regel­mäßig zitiert. Er selbst hat seinen im vorlie­genden Sammel­band veröf­f­ent­lichten Aufsätzen Addenda und Corri­genda beige­fügt. Die Heraus­geber haben die Studien durch mehrere Indices, wie einen Sach­index, einen Wort­index, einen Index der publi­zierten und zitierten buddhis­ti­schen Werke, einen Index der publi­zierten und zitierten Turfan­frag­mente sowie Indices zu Personen- und Orts­namen für die Wissen­schaft weiter ersch­lossen. Zwei in russi­scher Sprache veröf­f­ent­lichten Aufsätzen wurden deut­sche Über­set­zungen beige­fügt. This well-prepared volume, that provides a good example for future publi­ca­tions of this type, enables scho­lars to read Zieme s rele­vant papers that have been published between 1960 and 2007 It is enhanced also by the useful refe­rences and helpful indices which success­fully show how to prepare such collec­tions Scho­lars who are inte­rested in Turcic philo­logy, Central Asian Buddhism, Turcic culture and Turcic lingu­istics certainly will find very inte­res­ting mate­rials, discus­sions and analysis in this volume, whilst scho­lars in the field of general Buddhist studies may also benefit from it.'