in Vught, transferred to the Oranjehotel in Scheveningen and returned to Herzogenbusch. The Sicherheitsdienst (SD) discovered her true identity, and she was transferred to the in Groningen which was the local headquarters of the SD. Untersturmführer sentenced her to death in August 1944, however in case of Germanic women a confirmation from Berlin was needed before the sentence could be carried out. Dolle Dinsdag (Mad Tuesday), a rumour that Breda had been liberated, caused a massive panic among the Germans, and resulted in a transfer to a work camp on the island of Borkum on 8 September 1944. In late March 1945, she bribed a soldier and managed to escape the camp and island. Later she was arrested in Emden, and taken to Camp Aurich, a subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp, where she was liberated by the Canadian Army. After the war Tammens survived, but was unable to bear children after sexual abuse by a German guard in Borkum. In 1947, she left for Curaçao as director of a school for special education. During her stay in Curaçao, she met Cees Gravendaal. In 1964, Tammens retired to the Netherlands, and in 1979 married Cees Gravendaal. In 2000, the Resistance Museum in Groningen persuaded her to document her experiences. Sietje Tammes died on 27 September 2014 in Winsum aged 100. She donated her body to science. References 1914 births 2014 deaths Dutch centenarians Dutch resistance members Dutch schoolteachers Dutch school administrators Neuengamme concentration camp survivors People from De Marne Women centenarians