When World War II began on Sept. 1, 1939, Hannie Schaft and the sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen were just 18, 16 and 13 years old. But despite their youth, they formed a famous trio in the Dutch ...

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Freddie Oversteegen was only 14, petite with long braids, when she became an assassin and saboteur. It was 1940, Germany had invaded the Netherlands, and she and her sister, Truus, who was two years ...

"Above: L to R - WWII Super Spy Hannie Schaft, Lydia Pearl Pentz, Truus Oversteegen and Cali Scolari. A Cinematic Masterpiece Set to Ignite Screens in Spring 2024!"Get ready for an electrifying ...

This book is a non-fiction historical account on the lives and resistance work of Dutch resistance heroines Hannie Schaft and the sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen (author Sophie Poldermans ...

Sisters Freddie and Truus Oversteegen blew up bridges and railway tracks with dynamite, smuggled Jewish children out of concentration camps and executed as many Nazis as they could, using a firearm ...

Among the deadliest fighters in Nazi-occupied Holland were a trio of school-age girls. Sisters Freddie and Truus Oversteegen, along with their friend Hannie Schaft, started small: stealing documents, ...

WASHINGTON — She was 14 when she joined the Dutch resistance, though with her long, dark hair in braids she looked at least two years younger. When she rode her bicycle down the streets of Haarlem in ...