Samantha Garrity
Armed Young Women of the Dutch Resistance: Hannie Schaft and Truus and Freddie Oversteegen
Few have heard of Hannie Schaft, Truus Oversteegen, and Freddie Oversteegen. They were assassins in the Dutch resistance during World War II. They became assassins as young women, some only in their teens, when they first began seducing and liquidating Nazis.
Joining us via Skype during our Q&A will be the one of the foremost experts on these three women, Sophie Poldermans. Sophie is the author of Seducing and Killing Nazis: Hannie, Truus and Freddie: Dutch Resistance Heroines of WWII. She knew Truus and Freddie Oversteegen and worked closely with them for over a decade as a board member of the National Hannie Schaft Foundation.
[Recorded August 13, 2022.]
Samantha Garrity, MEd, MSc (ladysamofdunans.wordpress.com, Instagram: @sammstormborn, svgarrity@gmail.com), is a library assistant and academic and athletic support specialist. They have presented on topics including genocide of America’s Indigenous Peoples through boarding schools and sterilizations, as well as young women of the armed Dutch Resistance during WWII. Garrity is an independent researcher and educator and is passionate about giving voice to those history has previously overlooked.
Sophie Poldermans is one of the foremost experts on Hannie Schaft, Truus Oversteegen, and Freddie Oversteegen, who were assassins in the Dutch resistance during World War II. Poldermans is the author of Seducing and Killing Nazis: Hannie, Truus and Freddie: Dutch Resistance Heroines of WWII.