• The Women's March 1945

Date of birth:

1917

Date of death:

1967

Nationality:

Dutch

She's one of the couriers who transports food stamps, forged documents, and weapons by bicycle for the Zwolle resistance group "De Groene" (The Green), led by Henk Beernink. The resistance group is happy with Corrie because women can travel more easily than young men during the war.

The Women's March 1945.
A total of 116 women are imprisoned in Camp Westerbork, originating from active resistance families from central and northeastern Netherlands. Assembled in Westerbork between 21 March and 6 April 1945 from 4 Sicherheitsdienst (SD) prisons in the country:
• Willem III Barracks in Apeldoorn – approximately 75 women come from here from Putten, Barneveld, Ermelo, Ede, Veenendaal, Utrecht
• House of Detention in Groningen – approximately 20 women, 16 of whom from Groningen or the surrounding area
• House of Detention in Zwolle – 12 women from Zwolle, 3 from Kampen and 2 women from Hellendoorn and Beerzerveld
• De Kruisberg in Doetinchem – most women from the Willem III barracks in Apeldoorn were held here for a few more days, together with a few prisoners from Zutphen, Twello, Lutten aan de Dedemsvaart.
The women have all ranks and ages, ranging from 17 to 63 years. Among them pregnant girls, a baroness, strict reformed people next to a reviled communist, and a fortune teller.
Corry was one of them.

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• Photo 1: Silvia Puttenstein
• - DOORN, I. VAN & SENNEMA, H., Vrouwenmars 1945, Stichting Vrouwenmars 1945, 2025.
  - https://zwolleviertvrijheid.nl/corrie-kieft-dappere-koerierster-voor-de-groene/
  - https://www.vrouwenmars1945.nl/corry-kieft-no-87/