Fascist Collaborators
Lesbian & Jewish Nazi Collaborator Who Betrayed Friends and Family: Ans van Dijk
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Ans van Dijk, a Jewish woman from Amsterdam, began by helping Jews hide from the Nazis—but after her arrest in 1943, she turned collaborator. Disguised as a resistance member, she lured victims into traps, betraying 145 people, including friends and family. Convicted of 23 counts of treason, she was the only woman executed in the Netherlands for WWII war crimes.
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