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Seducing and Killing Nazis by Sophie Poldermans

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Seducing and Killing Nazis

Hannie, Truus and Freddie: Dutch Resistance Heroines of WWII

Sophie Poldermans

BookBaby · Print & ebook · August 1, 2019

Reading lane: Holocaust History for Teens

This is the astonishing true story of three teenage Dutch girls, Hannie Schaft and sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen, that has inspired many throughout the world.

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Why This Clicks

Courage, Unvarnished

A true story of teenage resistance fighters, and the human cost of acting in impossible times.

Come here for

  • Dutch resistance history centered on three teenage girls
  • A close look at courage amid inhuman circumstances

Expect

  • Resistance, sacrifice, and efforts to protect Jewish children
  • A story that stays with the survivors’ haunting past

Book Details

Authors
Sophie Poldermans
Publisher
BookBaby
Published
August 1, 2019
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Holocaust History for Teens · European History
Reading lane
Holocaust History for Teens

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Publisher Categories

  • Western European History

About This Book

This is the astonishing true story of three teenage Dutch girls, Hannie Schaft and sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen, that has inspired many throughout the world. When Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands in World War II, these girls took up arms against the enemy by seducing high-ranking Nazi officers, luring them into the woods and killing them. They provided Jewish children with safe houses and gathered vital intelligence for the resistance. They did what they did "be...

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This is the astonishing true story of three teenage Dutch girls, Hannie Schaft and sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen, that has inspired many throughout the world. When Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands in World War II, these girls took up arms against the enemy by seducing high-ranking Nazi officers, luring them into the woods and killing them. They provided Jewish children with safe houses and gathered vital intelligence for the resistance. They did what they did "because it had to be done." Above all, they tried to remain human in inhuman circumstances. Hannie Schaft was executed by the Nazis three weeks before the end of the war and became the icon of female Dutch resistance. Truus and Freddie Oversteegen survived the war, but were forever haunted by the demons of their past.

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