On November 27 , 1945 , Schaft was reburied in a state funeral . Queen Whilhelmina called Schaft " the symbol of the Resistance . " After the war , the remains of 422 members of the resistance were found in the Bloemendaal dunes , 421 men and one woman , Hannie Schaft . She was reburied at the honorary cemetery '' Erebegraafplaats Bloemendaal '' in the dunes in Overveen in the presence of Princess Juliana and her husband Prince Bernard . Later , as queen , Juliana unveiled a bronze commemorative statue in the Kenau Park in nearby Haarlem , her birthplace . Schaft was one of 95 people to receive the Dutch Cross of Resistance and General Eisenhower awarded her a decoration , possibly the Medal of Freedom . Shortly after the war , the communist movement enjoyed popularity , partly because of the effort of the USSR in defeating the Nazis . However , with that country 's increasing influence in Eastern Europe , the popularity decreased . Because the Dutch communist party celebrated her as an icon , her popularity decreased too , to the point that the commemoration at Hannie 's grave was forbidden in 1951 . The commemorators ( who were estimated to number over 10,000 ) were stopped by several hundred police and military with the aid of four tanks . A group of seven managed to circumvent the blockade and reached the burial ground , but were arrested when they tolled the bell . From the next year on , the communists decided to prevent another such scene by holding their commemoration in Haarlem instead
Medal of Freedom
Medal of Freedom (1945)
Hannie Schaft