I had not heard of Tina Strobos before although I have read so much about WWII and the Holocaust, but for some reason her name escaped me. She was born Tineke Buchter.
She was a was a Dutch physician and psychiatrist from Amsterdam and during WWII she was involved in the Dutch resistance.Together with her mother and grandmother she provided a safe place for about 100 Jews during the German occupation of the Netherlands.
She used her house to hide these Jews, usually three or four individuals at a time,using a secret compartment in the attic and a warning bell system to keep them safe from the many sudden police raids. She also smuggled guns and radios for the Dutch resistance and forged passports, by stealing stole cards from non-Jewish people at social gatherings, to help refugees escape the country..
She knew that if she was ever discovered she would…
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