Selma van Hasselt was a member of the resistance. At first she helped with the distribution of the illegal newspaper 'Trouw'. Later she became a courier for the leaders of the National Strong-Arms Branche (LKP) of the resistance. Selma van Hasselt was arrested in January 1944. She was recognised by a former classmate, who had joined the SS.
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Selma van Hasselt was arrested in the slow train from Arnhem to Utrecht on friday 28 January 1944, at 6.20 p.m. Selma van Hasselt carried with her a false identification card according to which she was Selma van Heuven, born on 9 March 1918, being a nurse and living in Arnhem at Laan van Klarenbeek 42. A friend who worked at for the towns clecks department of Achttienhoven and Westbroek, had given it her. After a long interrogation, Selma van Hasselt confessed and was handed over to de Sicherheitsdienst in Arnhem.
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More information about Selma van Hasselt can be found in:
Het grote gebod. Gedenkboek van het verzet in LO en LKP (Kampen 1979) and
J. Niemeijer Hoe Groningen streed. Provinciaal gedenkboek van het verzet 1940-1945 (Groningen 1949).