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Jewish woman, 98, relives her daring secret life infiltrating Nazi headquarters
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mirror.co.ukUntil recently, when age finally stopped Selma van de Perre pacing her local high street, she would stealthily check reflections in shop windows to see who was behind her.
It was automatic. “I’d hear people talking and I’d glance in a window,” the 98-year-old says, half-chuckling. “It’s an instinct.” Now, she can smile about it.
But nearly 80 years ago, it was an instinct that helped keep her alive. Selma, who lives in West London, started to practice the trick when she wasn’t Selma at all, but Margareta van der Kuit – a Dutch resistance fighter living in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.
Then she was scanning windows for anyone who might be on to her. It was dangerous work for all in the underground movement, covertly fighting Hitler’s rule – even
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