Death
After being arrested at a military checkpoint on April 17, 1945, she was interrogated and sentenced to death. After the first volley from a machine pistol, which wounded her, she allegedly cried out "Ik schiet beter!", or in English, I could shoot better. She was buried in a shallow grave, and some of her distinctive hair was visible after the burial protruding from the dirt.
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Famous quotes containing the word death:
“Old age is a tyrant that forbids us upon pain of death all the pleasures of youth.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“Death destroys a man: the idea of Death saves him.”
—E.M. (Edward Morgan)
“Or if no thing but death will serve thy turn,
Still thirsting for subversion of my state,
Do what thou canst, raze, massacre, and burn,
Let the world see the utmost of thy hate;”
—Michael Drayton (1563–1631)