Very few women actively participated in the Dutch resistance during World War II considering the risks involved. One would think…
Very few women actively participated in the Dutch resistance during World War II considering the risks involved. One would think that these few women would be all adults with power and influence. But do you know that this select group included young teenage girls like Freddie Oversteegen?
Freddie was only 14 years old when a certain gentleman visited their home asking her mother to allow her daughters to join the Dutch resistance movement. The rationale behind was no one would suspect beautiful and seemingly innocent young girls to be resistance fighters.
Freddie’s mother agreed so she and her older sister Truus were given military training, particularly how to shoot and march in the woods. These skills were critical to in carrying out their mission. The Oversteegen sisters along with other teenage girls were tasked to seduce Nazi men so that they could be killed by other members of the resistance.
Freddie and the rest of the girls would frequent expensive bars where Nazi men gathered. She would seduce the Nazi and when he was completely enamored, she would ask him to go for a stroll. Naturally, the man would agree thinking that it would be an opportunity to make advances. Freddie would then direct the guy to the woods where another member of the resistance would pretend to admonish them for going there. The moment she and the Nazi turned around to go back, her comrade would shoot the man dead.
Other resistance fighters prepared the grave. They would strip the Nazi man naked and throw them in the hole. Freddie shared that none of them was allowed to witness the burial scene as it was something that girls should not see.
Apart from their seduction mission, Freddie and Truus also acted as couriers and had stolen official identity papers. The sisters were awarded the Mobilisatie-Oorlogskruis (war mobilization cross) in 2004 for their valuable role in the resistance movement.
JBnoice on September 8th, 2018 at 08:49 UTC »
She died, 3 days ago, age 92.
dumboss on September 8th, 2018 at 07:33 UTC »
This reminds me of a story that you get told in the Wolfenstein video game. Where a girl does this but in several different ways after she watches her parents get killed by nazis.
kaythor85 on September 8th, 2018 at 03:33 UTC »
Pretty extreme way to catfish someone.