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She was born on September 6, 1925. She lived in the village of Schoten, Netherlands.

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Freddie joined the resistance in 1940, Truus joined in 1941, and Hannie joined in 1943. Freddie was 14, Truus was 16, and Hannie was 18.

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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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Born on September 16, 1920 in Haarlem, Netherlands. Hannie was just a nickname and her real name is actually, Jannetje Johanna Schaft. She did have an older sister named Annie, but she died of diphtheria.

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She was Freddies older sister. Born in Schoten, Netherland. She was born August 29, 1923. She was a Dutch sculptor and painter.

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Two sisters and their friend were apart of this malicious. Hannie Schaft, Freddie and Truus Oversteegen.

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They seduced them into the woods and this was done in the Netherlands. They took them into the woods off of their bikes.

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These girls lured German men off of their bikes into the woods. Little did they know that something bad was about to happen. The girls had someone to set up and kill the men brought into the woods. Nobody found out. This was because they looked so young and youthful.

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"We had to do it," she said. "It was necessary evil."

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

Roberts, Sam. “Freddie Oversteegen, Gritty Dutch Resistance Fighter, Dies at 92.” New York Times, The New York Times Company, 26 September 2018,         https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/25/obituaries/freddie-oversteegen-dutch-resistance-fighter-dies-at-92.html. Accessed 4 March 2025.

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Before the war had started in the Netherlands, the sisters and their family hid people from Lithuania in the hold of their ship.