https://padlet.com/s969786/Bookmarks en-us 2022-04-29 12:39:55 UTC 2022-04-30 03:31:39 UTC hello@padlet.com s969786 https://padlet.com/s969786/Bookmarks/wish/2164668690 Freddie and Truus Oversteegen killed mostly Dutch Collaborators. These were Dutch people who worked with the German Army or Nazis.]]> 2022-04-29 17:32:32 UTC https://padlet.com/s969786/Bookmarks/wish/2164668690 s969786 https://padlet.com/s969786/Bookmarks/wish/2164672880 Hannie Schaft was the woman that Freddie and Truus joined forces with. She was a former student, but dropped out because she refused to sign the pledge to Germany. She was later arrested and killed in 1945.]]> 2022-04-29 17:35:54 UTC https://padlet.com/s969786/Bookmarks/wish/2164672880 s969786 https://padlet.com/s969786/Bookmarks/wish/2164675102 During World War ll, Freddie Oversteegen,who was 14, her sister Truus, who was 2 years older, lured German Nazis and killed them. Truus and Freddie grew up in Haarlem, Netherlands, with their single, communist mother.]]> 2022-04-29 17:37:38 UTC https://padlet.com/s969786/Bookmarks/wish/2164675102 s969786 https://padlet.com/s969786/Bookmarks/wish/2164681154 Hannie finally got her recognition, and even got a film created for her, named “The girl with the red hair." She was also reburied with the presence of the prince and king.]]> 2022-04-29 17:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/s969786/Bookmarks/wish/2164681154 s969786 https://padlet.com/s969786/Bookmarks/wish/2164684965 When the war was over, the sisters dealt with the loss of their best friend, and the guilt of killing many people. To deal with the pain, Freddie got married and had children.  These women were never recognized for their greatness, but instead recognized as communists.  Finally, in 2014, the sisters received national recognition for their service to their country by receiving the “War Mobilization Cross”.]]> 2022-04-29 17:45:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s969786/Bookmarks/wish/2164684965 s969786 https://padlet.com/s969786/Bookmarks/wish/2164686665 “We had to do it,” she told one interviewer. “It was a necessary evil, killing those who betrayed the good people.” When asked how many people she had killed or helped kill, she demurred: “One should not ask a soldier any of that.”

-Freddie Oversteegan

]]> 2022-04-29 17:46:27 UTC https://padlet.com/s969786/Bookmarks/wish/2164686665 s969786 https://padlet.com/s969786/Bookmarks/wish/2164691892 This song is about women who are strong and confident. Freddie, Truus, and Hannie all showed lots of bravery and confidence in the war.]]> 2022-04-29 17:50:21 UTC https://padlet.com/s969786/Bookmarks/wish/2164691892 s969786 https://padlet.com/s969786/Bookmarks/wish/2164721430 Freddie was never suspicious because she was so young. The women would also say that they were soldiers. Freddie was always the one to keep lookout. To lure the men, they would follow them to their house, or attack them on their bikes. Sometimes, Truus seduced an SS officer in the woods so that someone in the resistance could shoot/kill him.

]]> 2022-04-29 18:11:37 UTC https://padlet.com/s969786/Bookmarks/wish/2164721430 s969786 https://padlet.com/s969786/Bookmarks/wish/2165061159 Freddie and Truus Oversteegen's mother had a big impact on the sisters. Their mother was a communist, single, working-class mother who kept Jews in her home in 1939. She always taught them the importance of fighting injustice.]]> 2022-04-30 03:20:56 UTC https://padlet.com/s969786/Bookmarks/wish/2165061159 s969786 https://padlet.com/s969786/Bookmarks/wish/2165062765 Freddie and Truus decided to distriute many anti-Nazi newspapers with their mother. The sisters also became involved with the Haarlem Resistance Group.]]> 2022-04-30 03:25:07 UTC https://padlet.com/s969786/Bookmarks/wish/2165062765 s969786 https://padlet.com/s969786/Bookmarks/wish/2165062999 2022-04-30 03:25:43 UTC https://padlet.com/s969786/Bookmarks/wish/2165062999 s969786 https://padlet.com/s969786/Bookmarks/wish/2165063148 2022-04-30 03:26:09 UTC https://padlet.com/s969786/Bookmarks/wish/2165063148