Freddie and Truus Oversteegen by Morgan Anderson https://padlet.com/morand13/Bookmarks Morgan Anderson en-us 2022-03-04 17:05:08 UTC 2022-03-14 16:18:00 UTC hello@padlet.com morand13 https://padlet.com/morand13/Bookmarks/wish/2084443146 This is Freddie and Truss Oversteegen. In the picture, they are 12, and 16. Freddie was born on September 26, 1925, survived the holocaust, and died on September 5, 2018. Truss was born on May 10, 1967. She also survived the holocaust and died on June 18, 2016.]]> 2022-03-08 17:08:30 UTC https://padlet.com/morand13/Bookmarks/wish/2084443146 morand13 https://padlet.com/morand13/Bookmarks/wish/2084445170 2022-03-08 17:09:30 UTC https://padlet.com/morand13/Bookmarks/wish/2084445170 morand13 https://padlet.com/morand13/Bookmarks/wish/2084449300 2022-03-08 17:11:29 UTC https://padlet.com/morand13/Bookmarks/wish/2084449300 morand13 https://padlet.com/morand13/Bookmarks/wish/2084450582 2022-03-08 17:12:10 UTC https://padlet.com/morand13/Bookmarks/wish/2084450582 How They Helped in the Holocaust morand13 https://padlet.com/morand13/Bookmarks/wish/2084453183 They helped Jewish Refugees and they ambushed Nazi officers from their bicyclists. They didn't think that they were doing much to help out the Jews but they actually made a big impact and helped save a few lives, and made lots of Jews better because they gave them food and shelter.]]> 2022-03-08 17:13:23 UTC https://padlet.com/morand13/Bookmarks/wish/2084453183 A Little Bit About Freddie and Truus Oversteegen morand13 https://padlet.com/morand13/Bookmarks/wish/2084469047 Freddie and her sister Truus, who was two years older, grew up in the city of Haarlem. Their mother considered herself a communist and taught her daughters the importance of fighting injustice. ]]> 2022-03-08 17:21:06 UTC https://padlet.com/morand13/Bookmarks/wish/2084469047 morand13 https://padlet.com/morand13/Bookmarks/wish/2084472482 Freddie, Truus and Hannie were given many risky tasks to complete, and did so impressively. Had they been caught by the Nazis or Dutch police, they would have probably been killed. In 1945, just three weeks before the war in Europe ended, the girls' best friend and fellow fighter Hannie was captured by Nazis; she was later tortured and killed.

]]> 2022-03-08 17:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/morand13/Bookmarks/wish/2084472482 More About What the Three Girls Did to Help morand13 https://padlet.com/morand13/Bookmarks/wish/2084480755 2022-03-08 17:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/morand13/Bookmarks/wish/2084480755 Award morand13 https://padlet.com/morand13/Bookmarks/wish/2084561287 In 2014, Freddie and Truus were awarded the Mobilisation War Cross (Mobilisatie-Oorlogskruis) by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte for their acts of resistance during the war. There is also a street named after her in Haarlem.]]> 2022-03-08 18:07:30 UTC https://padlet.com/morand13/Bookmarks/wish/2084561287 How it All Started morand13 https://padlet.com/morand13/Bookmarks/wish/2084574386 When Freddie was 14 and Truus 16, a commander of the Haarlem Council of Resistance arrived at their home and asked Trijn if the teenagers could join the underground fight against the Nazis. Their mother obliged and granted the girls permission, and the two joined the Dutch resistance fight. No one would suspect such young, beautiful women being capable of deadly skills.]]> 2022-03-08 18:14:17 UTC https://padlet.com/morand13/Bookmarks/wish/2084574386 Quotes morand13 https://padlet.com/morand13/Bookmarks/wish/2084582457 They refused to reveal how many Nazis and Dutch collaborators they assassinated. Freddie would tell people, “that they were soldiers, and soldiers don't say.” - Freddie Oversteegen

"Someone taught us to shoot and we learned to march into the woods. There were about seven of us then--Hannie wasn't a part of the group yet and we were the only girls." - Freddie Oversteegen

"I remember how people were taken from their homes. The Germans were banging on doors with the butts of their rifles--that made so much noise, you'd hear it in the entire neighborhood. And they would always yell--it was very frightening." - Freddie Oversteegen
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Oversteegen#:~:text=In%202014%2C%20Freddie%20and%20Truus,named%20after%20her%20in%20Haarlem.


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

https://www.history.com/news/dutch-resistance-teenager-killed-nazis-freddie-oversteegen
]]> 2022-03-09 16:52:01 UTC https://padlet.com/morand13/Bookmarks/wish/2086493677 Freddi morand13 https://padlet.com/morand13/Bookmarks/wish/2086527732 Freddi was 14 when she was an assassin for the Dutch resistance during the German occupation of the Netherlands. The teenager would ask her victims if they would like to go for a “stroll” in the woods.]]> 2022-03-09 17:08:09 UTC https://padlet.com/morand13/Bookmarks/wish/2086527732