was brought to trial on the NUMBER_TOKENth of february NUMBER_TOKEN and was brought in front of a judge and a courtroom during her trial she claimed that she had acted and agreed to only help the germans to save her own life stating that if she did not agree to help the sd in the nazis then she would have been sent to a concentration camp and would have been killed she said this was the only reason why she did it denying she was a nazi but amazingly she confessed to all NUMBER_TOKEN counts of treason it was obvious what anne's van dyke's sentence would be as she was key to the murder of those men women and children she handed over without her they would not have been killed anne's van dyke for her actions was sentenced to death she tried to appeal her conviction pleading that without her turning over jews then she would have been killed herself however this went to the special court of appeals she even requested to the queen wilhelmina for a royal pardon but this was again rejected confirming her death sentence on the NUMBER_TOKENth of january NUMBER_TOKEN anne's van dyke was brought from her prison to fort byama and the night before her execution she was baptized and joined the roman catholic church she also wrote a number of goodbye letters including one to a nun who visited her in jail however early in the morning she was brought out to what looks like a moat of the fort or a ditch surrounding a wall next to the wall with sandbags to ensure that bullets did not ricochet and as she was brought into the ditch she was led out to a post she was then tied to the stake and her hands and legs were also secured to ensure that van dijk could not escape over her head a black cat was placed to ensure that she could not see her final moments opposite her was a firing squad who were then given the signal to get ready the firing squad then once the signal was given to fire fired straight into ants van dyke her execution was one which can be viewed as slightly controversial as she was jewish herself and it's clear that but for her collaboration chances are that she would have been killed inside a concentration camp however what she didn't have to do was to take her role as a snitch for the sd to the level that she did as for her actions dozens were sent to their deaths inside some of the worst and most evil places the world has ever seen once again thanks for watching to support our channel please make sure to subscribe and once again thank you so much for watching
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