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Two young girls, Freddie Oversteengen and her sister Truus kill Nazi soldiers.

hd9579979 — 2025-05-06 17:40:59 UTC

Why they joined:

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Freddie and her sister Truus joined the Haarlem resistance group because they wanted to Resist the Nazi's. The two of them then started to plan with a girl named Hannie Schaft.

Ages:

hd9579979 — 2025-05-06 17:50:51 UTC

Freddie was 14 years old while her sister, Truus was 16.

What did the older sister do?

hd9579979 — 2025-05-06 17:51:37 UTC

The older sister seduced a Nazi and brought him into a forest where she had someone waiting to shoot and kill him in the forest. The older sister's name was Truus.

What Freddie Looked Like:

hd9579979 — 2025-05-06 17:55:49 UTC

Freddie was older than what most people had thought she had a very babyish looking face so people thought that she was too young to be in a Resistance. But that was not true. Freddie had red hair and big eyes.

What Freddie did:

hd9579979 — 2025-05-06 18:00:18 UTC

After Freddie had joined the Resistance, her, Truus, and Hannie all started planning. When face to face with some Nazi soldiers and their collaborators, Freddie, ( the youngest of them all). Decided to fire first leaving all of the Nazi's and collaborators dead.

The impact that they made:

hd9579979 — 2025-05-06 18:07:20 UTC

The impact that they made was that they impact the war effort, making other people feel more hopeful about them fighting because the two young girls both killed Nazi's and left an impact on the world.

The way the world had looked:

hd9579979 — 2025-05-06 18:09:07 UTC

At the time, it was 1940 and Germany had just invaded the Netherlands.

Who was Hannie?

hd9579979 — 2025-05-06 18:12:47 UTC

Hannie was a young law student at the time and she had red hair but wanted to keep it hidden so she died it black, making her look like a whole other person. She died of being locked up in a prison at the age of 24 years.

Who was the first to strike?

hd9579979 — 2025-05-06 18:16:26 UTC

Out of, Freddie, Truus, and Hannie, the first to shoot was Freddie because she was brave and determined.

Quotes from Freddie:

hd9579979 — 2025-05-06 18:21:30 UTC

“It was a necessary evil, killing those who betrayed the good people.” (Freddie).

“They were all deported and murdered,” Ms. Oversteegen was quoted as telling the anthropologist Ellis Jonker in “Under Fire: Women and World War II.” “We never heard from them again. It still moves me dreadfully, whenever I talk about it.” ( New York Times ).

Biological Information about Freddie:

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She was born on September 6th in the village of Schoten, Netherlands. With one sister.

Biological Information about Truus:

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She was born August 29, 1923, in the village of Schoten, Netherlands.

What age did the two live to?

hd9579979 — 2025-05-06 18:30:31 UTC

Freddie died on September 5th, 2018, a day before her birthday in Driehuis, Netherlands.

And Truus died on June 18th, 2016, in Grootebroek, Netherlands.

Quote from Freddie:

hd9579979 — 2025-05-07 17:21:28 UTC

“ It was a necessary evil, killing those who betrayed the good people.” - Freddie

Quote from Hannie:

hd9579979 — 2025-05-07 17:23:56 UTC

" I'll die clean and beautiful." Here I think she is saying that she was willing to sacrifice herself at any time to help those in need.

What did Freddie do before war:

hd9579979 — 2025-05-07 17:27:26 UTC

Before the war, Freddie would help hide Jewish refugees from Amsterdam and Germany in family home.

What did Freddie do after the war?

hd9579979 — 2025-05-07 17:29:37 UTC

After the war Freddie joined the and served as a board member on the National Hannie Schaft foundation.

What did Truus do before war?

hd9579979 — 2025-05-07 17:32:56 UTC

Truus was involved in various forms of activism, particularly influenced by her mother communist ideals.

hd9579979 — 2025-05-07 18:05:43 UTC