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Freddie was 14 when she joined the Dutch Resistance and only a couple years later she became one of their armed assassins. Also, because of how young she looked the Nazis never suspected anything.

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Truus was her older sister. She was 16-17 years old during the war. In one instance she seduced a man into the woods for one of the dutch resistance members to kill him. Se was also a Dutch sculptor and painter.

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She wasn't one of their sisters but she was their friend. She dropped out of a university because she refused to make a pledge to Germany. Sadly just three weeks before the war ended she was captured and killed by the Germans. Her last words were " I'm a better shot." to her executioner. There is now a Hannie Schaft foundation.

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Bas von benda-beckmann said “There were a lot of women involved in the resistance in the Netherlands but not so much in the way these girls were." And “They were unusual, these girls.” Freddie also said “It was a necessary evil, killing those who betrayed the good people.”

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When Freddie and Truus joined the Dutch they met Hannie and the trio began. They would go off and lure and ambush Germans. Hannie and Freddie were the main shooters but all of them killed Nazis. Freddie was especially good at following a target and keeping a lookout because of how young she looked. They would follow a target to his house and would kill or ambush him on his bike.

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After the war ended they dealt with trauma and Truus said that "We did not feel it suited us.” Freddie recalled in a interview saying she shot a man to the ground and had a human impulse to go and help him. Freddie dealt with her trama by having a family and having kids. Truus started to create sculptures and talk about her time in the resistance. Freddie still had trauma causing her insomnia. They both died at the age of 92, Truus in 2016 and freddie in 2018. The Netherland failed to properly recognize their accomplishments and finally in 2014 they received national recognition for what they accomplished.

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Little, Becky.  "This Teenager Killed Nazis With Her Sister During WWII." History, A&E Television Network, 20 June 2023, https://www.history.com/news/dutch-resistance-teenager-killed-nazis-freddie-oversteegen. Accessed March 4 2025.

Potter, Michelle. "The teenage Dutch girls who seduced and killed Nazis." BBC, 23 February 2022, https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0808hpm/the-teenage-dutch-girls-who-seduced-and-killed-nazis. Accessed March 4 2025.

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14 January 2020|World War Two

The Secret World of Spies

We sift through the subterfuge and secrecy of the people who risked their lives to change the world.

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The teenage Dutch girls who seduced and killed Nazis - BBC Reel

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During World War Two, the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands turned three teenage girls into fierce resistance fighters. Truus Oversteegen, Freddie Oversteegen and Hannie Schaft have been remembered for their technique of luring collaborators into the forest for them to be executed.

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They would sabotage Nazi military camps in the Netherlands. It also made more women help with resistance things instead of it being a man's job. They would smuggle Jewish children in their house and out of the country to be free. This caused not so many jewish people get captured.