The world is in mourning after the death of Freddie Oversteegen, a woman who acted as a teenage assassin against the Nazis during World War II. She passed away last month one day before her 93rd birthday.
Freddie was born in The Netherlands on September 6, 1925, and her childhood was a normal one until the Nazis invaded her country in 1940, when she was 14. Freddie and her older sister Truus were recruited to join the Dutch resistance by a man who came to their door one day.
“Only later did he tell us what we’d actually have to do: Sabotage bridges and railway lines,” Truus later recalled. “We told him we’d like to do that.”

Freddie and Truus were able to lure Nazi soldiers into traps based on their good looks. They would frequently meet Nazi soldiers at bars and invite them to the woods for a “stroll.” Once they had them off their guard in the woods, they would bring them to an area where other resistance members were waiting.
“And then shots were fired,” Freddie remembered.
Freddie and her sister were trained in shooting themselves, and they killed numerous Nazis during the war. They would also do things like blow up bridges and railroads. For the rest of her life, Freddie stood by her actions against the Nazis.
“We had to do it,” she later said. “It was a necessary evil, killing those who betrayed the good people.”

After the war was over, Freddie married and had children. Her sister passed away in 2016, and she herself died last month after suffering a series of heart attacks.
Freddie will always be remembered for the bravery she exhibited during the war! Rest in peace, Freddie Oversteegen!
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