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Seducing and Killing Nazis
Hannie, Truus and Freddie: Dutch Resistance Heroines of WWII
by Sophie Poldermans
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Overview

This is the astonishing true story of three teenage Dutch girls, Hannie Schaft and sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen, who took up arms against the Nazi occupier in World War II, 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. Above all, they tried to remain human in inhuman circumstances.
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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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About the author

Sophie Poldermans is the founder of "Sophie's Women of War." She personally knew Truus and Freddie Oversteegen for 20 years and worked closely with them for over a decade as a board member of the National Hannie Schaft Foundation.

She is a Dutch women's rights advocate who works as a self-employed author, public speaker, lecturer and consultant on women and war and human rights-related issues from a legal, historical and sociological perspective.

She has degrees in Dutch and International Human Rights and International Criminal Law (University of Amsterdam); Peace and Conflict Studies (UC Berkeley, USA); and Human Rights and Democratization (EIUC, Venice, Italy; Vienna, Austria). She has work experience as a lecturer in Conflict Resolution and International Human Rights and Criminal Law and as an International Coordinator in Amsterdam, and as a guest lecturer in Madrid, Oslo, and Fukuoka.

She is the author of Hannie Schaft. Haar rol in het Nederlandse verzet tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog, published in the Netherlands in 2003; and Seducing and Killing Nazis. Hannie, Truus and Freddie: Dutch Resistance Heroines of WWII, published in the USA in 2019. Find out more about her and her work at https://sophieswomenofwar.com and https://seducingandkillingnazis.com

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Book details

Genre:HISTORY

Subgenre:Europe / Western

Language:English

Pages:228

eBook ISBN:9789083003412

Paperback ISBN:9789083003405

Overview

This is the astonishing true story of three teenage Dutch girls, Hannie Schaft and sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen, who took up arms against the Nazi occupier in World War II, 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. Above all, they tried to remain human in inhuman circumstances.

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Description

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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About the author

Sophie Poldermans is the founder of "Sophie's Women of War." She personally knew Truus and Freddie Oversteegen for 20 years and worked closely with them for over a decade as a board member of the National Hannie Schaft Foundation.

She is a Dutch women's rights advocate who works as a self-employed author, public speaker, lecturer and consultant on women and war and human rights-related issues from a legal, historical and sociological perspective.

She has degrees in Dutch and International Human Rights and International Criminal Law (University of Amsterdam); Peace and Conflict Studies (UC Berkeley, USA); and Human Rights and Democratization (EIUC, Venice, Italy; Vienna, Austria). She has work experience as a lecturer in Conflict Resolution and International Human Rights and Criminal Law and as an International Coordinator in Amsterdam, and as a guest lecturer in Madrid, Oslo, and Fukuoka.

She is the author of Hannie Schaft. Haar rol in het Nederlandse verzet tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog, published in the Netherlands in 2003; and Seducing and Killing Nazis. Hannie, Truus and Freddie: Dutch Resistance Heroines of WWII, published in the USA in 2019. Find out more about her and her work at https://sophieswomenofwar.com and https://seducingandkillingnazis.com

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David 		Seducing and killing nazi Enjoyed reading and learning about the residents against the Nazi. Very brave women. Love to see it in a movie. Read more
Cas 		Astonishing read To read the historical stories of three brave women, to read about the context of war in Haarlem and The Netherlands, and to realise that these stories of past times are still so important to this day, was amazing. I highly recommend this book. It will make you think about those days of war, about wars anywhere else in modern times, and the courage it takes to stand up and fight for peace Read more
Ann 		SUPERB Good research. The book is about historical facts. It contains nice pictures. The fact that the autor has known the female Dutch resistance fighters personally and interviewed them in their old age, adds a lot to the veracity of certain statements on the basis of known facts, Read more