Selma van de Perre, Dutch Jew Who Resisted Nazis, Dies at 103
Selma van de Perre, Dutch Jew Who Resisted Nazis, Dies at 103
“It is impossible not to marvel at her steadiness and courage,” one reviewer wrote after reading her memoir.
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Truth Analysis
Analysis Summary:
The article appears factually accurate based on the provided sources. The sources confirm Selma van de Perre's death at 103 and her role as a Jewish resistance fighter during the Nazi occupation. The bias is minimal, with a slightly positive tone towards the subject.
Detailed Analysis:
- Claim: Selma van de Perre, Dutch Jew Who Resisted Nazis, Dies at 103
- Verification Source #1: Confirms Selma van de Perre's death at 103 and her role during the Nazi occupation.
- Verification Source #3: Confirms Selma van de Perre's death at 103 and her role as a resistance fighter and Holocaust survivor.
- Assessment: Supported
- Claim: She was a Jewish resistance fighter.
- Verification Source #1: Confirms she was a Jewish resistance hero.
- Verification Source #3: Confirms she was a resistance fighter.
- Assessment: Supported
- Claim: She helped fellow Jews evade the Nazis.
- Verification Source #3: Confirms she helped fellow Jews evade the Nazis.
- Assessment: Supported
Supporting Evidence/Contradictions:
- Source 1: Selma van de Perre, Jewish resistance hero and Holocaust survivor ... Nazi occupation and later became a journalist in Britain, has died in London at the age of 103
- Source 3: Heroine helped fellow Jews evade the Nazis, before being captured and transported/1403747005086161/ Resistance fighter and Holocaust survivor Selma van de Perre dies aged 103 years old.