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

Author: Sophie Poldermans

Narrator: Tavia Gilbert

Unabridged: 2 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: SWW Press

Published: 03/09/2020


Synopsis

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Julie

Hannie, Truus and Freddie were just teenagers when the Germans invaded the Netherlands during World War II. They joined the resistance and spent the war targeting German officers and those who turned resistance fighters into the German police. They also blew up bridges, passed information to the all......more

Goodreads review by Wendy

This is an important and fascinating book telling the story of three teenage Dutch women who joined the Resistance when The Netherlands was occupied by the Germans. They killed Nazis, published and distributed anti-Nazi material, saved Jewish children, blew up bridges. They were TEENAGERS. The story......more

Goodreads review by Helena

This book takes you on an unbelievable journey, the choices that these three young girls made, I could never see myself or my daughters making these decisions. They did the brave thing and the right thing no matter the cost - love or life. I thoroughly enjoyed the books presentation. It told enough......more

Goodreads review by Elinor

I was asked by the author to read a copy of this book in manuscript form before publication, and provide my feedback. I found it to be a very compelling story. Girls who were just teenagers at the time became killing machines, as it were, fighting back against their Nazi oppressors with the only too......more