The teenage Dutch girls who seduced and killed Nazis - BBC REEL

During World War Two, the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands turned three teenage girls into fierce resistance fighters. Truus Oversteegen, Freddie Oversteegen and Hannie Schaft have been remembered for their technique of luring collaborators into the forest for them to be executed.
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[@00B.]

Instead of filling the industry with female rebranding of famous films that turns out to be cheap and shallow female empowerment they should turn these stories into movies. History has a lot of hidden brave women.

[@hassanhaider2380]

Hidden figures

[@themurrrr]

They DID turn this into a movie. A Dutch movie.

[@user-lg3nd7ni3y]

@Anna K whats the movie?

[@longangrysausage3495]

YES. MULAN 2020 I'M LOOKING AT U

[@0-79kmj]

@@longangrysausage3495 fr I'm all about girl power but that was just so forced and tacky. it tried so hard that it became less of a meaningful female empowerment movie than the original :(

[@peterose3390]

It is said that the German soldier who had to excecute Hannie Schaft failed wound her mortally with his first shot by shooting her in the arm. It is said that Hannie responded to the failed shot by saying; "Ik schiet beter." (Im a better shot). That says a lot about her attitude. Edit: I am not 100% sure if it really happened either.

[@litchtheshinigami8936]

i don't know why but her cynical remark towards the soldier is hilarious to me.. absolute madlass, makes me respect her even more

[@sebbi8762]

What an absolute madlass. Badass to her end.

[@KittyK.]

Sorry, but that story was made up by the author Theun de Vries, who wrote a romanticized book about Hannie Schaft ('Het meisje met het rode haar').

[@minecraftisbetterthanfortn395]

PERIODTT

[@aviationandcars556]

Ik schiet beter means I can shoot better

[@e22378]

This story needs to be turned into a movie

[@Vera-lj1zk]

it was! check ‚het meisje met het rode haar‘

[@ry651]

@subliminal juggernaut Omg your so funny 🙃

[@richardque4952]

It going to be x rated.

[@judithstormcrow9073]

isn't Black Book based on a girl like these?

[@stevebbuk]

The Americans won't touch it because she was a Communist. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKq3gHmLep53oas

[@ateniet]

I can't think of anything more Dutch than a drive-by shooting on a bicycle.

[@PrincessAfrica3]

Hahaha grappig

[@КоваленкоСаша-д7р]

"This is Dutch"

[@Dog-ew5gq]

Dog

[@КоваленкоСаша-д7р]

@@Dog-ew5gq you again?...za dom spremni!!!

[@boycottjews]

Last time I was there I was shocked by how many arabs live there. There is more there than Dutch. At least they're not speaking German though. Am I right?

[@willemijn2343]

Hannie Schaft is nowadays considered to be one of THE faces of the Dutch resistance. Whenever the children in school are taught about the resistance during WW2 her name can be heard. I have never heard about the two sisters but I'm glad I have now. May they and everyone who suffered in the war rest in peace.

[@willemijn2343]

@subliminal juggernaut that is a very good question and I wouldn't know because just like probably most school history books of almost every country they like to hide things like that (I'm 17). We were taught about the things we did in Indonesia but sadly the information was very mild/ they probably didn't even tell half of the things that happened to the people there (only how cruel the Japanese were, as if we weren't cruel wtf) . I didn't even really know Suriname was a Dutch colony until I had to do an assignement about subcultures in the Netherlands! The things I learned about Suriname and how they got their independence and what happend after shocked me and made me feel deeply ashamed as a Dutch person and I had to learn it by myself because it isn't in any history schoolbook. I also feel deeply ashamed about the colonisation of Indonesia too. I do wish they would put all the information, the GOOD and the NEGATIVE things in the history schoolbooks that are important for us to know and that they wouldn't act like it didn't happen or that we weren't that bad, because we did these things and they WERE BAD!

[@itsbonniefay2417]

I wish they taught this in school, what an amazing story of strength and bravery and sacrifice

[@duchessofdork6411]

You're right about the history books of other nations. Here in the US for sure.

[@FarahNathanna]

@@willemijn2343 true! People often don't realise how dirty the Dutch did the Indonesians. They fought for them in WWII and were called traitors to their land (Indonesia). They had no choice but to leave. The Netherlands offered them safety and stays, but in stead they fired all the military people on the way back home, leaving them with nothing when they arrived in the Netherlands. No pride, no job, no homes. They even put them in old concentration camps because there was no place for them. Imagine the racism they must have faced. The thought that they would get back to their country one day as the Netherlands promised. They never followed their dreams, because they thought they'd get back someday, but they never did. It's a really painful story to hear, but I suggest you look in to it yourself, sources would explain it way better than I do (hak op de tak haha)

[@RealConstructor]

@subliminal juggernaut This comment is very displaced. The comment would be a very good one at a video about colonialism. Very sad you discount the commitment of these girls with such a comment.

[@jscottupton]

I spent 21 years in the military and these young girls were braver than I ever was.

[@golden.fire.princess9653]

You are extremely brave, thank you for your service

[@lapislazulii141]

Harming your own people is not brave!

[@jorritvanderkooi939]

Lapis Lazuli nazi’s were german not dutch

[@maaike4]

@@lapislazulii141 When a Dutch betrayed one of their own, he was seen as a part of the Nazis. They were German.

[@maddieolm7281]

@@lapislazulii141 they were not killing their own people. They were killing traitors and in return keeping the community safe.

[@maximillianford9301]

'They shot many of their victims while riding bikes' *DUTCH 100*

[@escapefr0mslender]

Lmaooo this deserves more likes

[@gamerman7276]

Hickok45 would be proud.

[@LuzMaria95]

Lmao 💯💯💯

[@thedam271]

@@gamerman7276 I see a man of culture here

[@brilliantran9808]

The Original Gangstas

[@HaventheDemoness-vy9lx]

The thought that the Nazi soldiers are attracted to these young girls is just creepy... But for these girls, it's clever.

[@chibimoon1432]

It was a different time then. Not justifying this, but teenage girls being flirted with and the prospect of marriage was common then. They say back then if a girl wasn't married by the time she was 20 there was something wrong with her!

[@yvonnesophia2203]

@@chibimoon1432 sad thing is its still happening as of right now, child brides as young as 8 are getting married into older men.

[@EE-hi4re]

@@chibimoon1432 you're right. History shows that all societies did everything at a younger age/stage, not just marriage

[@chibimoon1432]

@@EE-hi4re looking back it made sense because people didn't live as long as they did now, and children had to grow up fast to take on familial responsibility. I mean my great grandma whose still living, she grew up in the same neighborhood as her husband and they were married within a year a being with each other. She was 16 and he was 21. It is by no means legal now, but they really did love each other and went on to be together for decades until he passed away. So it really is a matter of custom at times. Not all older men preyed on young girls. I don't know though! When it comes to things like age and consent, the line gets blurry at times.

[@EE-hi4re]

@@chibimoon1432 I agree 100%. Most never dated and are still happily married, regardless of age. Young children had jobs outside of the home and were definitely more responsible than today's adults

[@rogerhwerner6997]

Bless the Dutch for not forgetting Hannie Schaft. Her self sacrafice should never be forgotfen.

[@richrue3225]

It won't.

[@carimavandijk1091]

@UpSideДown damn she was a commie?

[@rogerhwerner6997]

@UpSideДown ideology? Please tell me which committed political ideologue wouldn't kill for the cause? Ideology isn't the problem. Ideology carried to extremes is and it's what causes even nominally good people to kill. Look at what occurred in Washington on 5 January. These were purported supporters of capitalism and de ocracy but they revealed a willingness to kill their opponents. When I worked in the former Soviet Union I met quite a few former members of the Communist Party and none of them revealed a willingness to kill over policy. I've seen my share of religious extremists and no one faith has a monopoly. Unless any armchair historian has specific information regarding the depth of this young woman's political sympathies then you're only perpetuating opinions that you've been taught: communism bad. Take a careful look at what system it replaced then justufy your opinion. I don't find communists any more or less distasteful than fascists. Nazis and Stalinists however were and are the slim of humanity. Few committed socialists and not all communist sympathesizers, even in the 1930s and 40s, were committed to Stalin ideology. Unless this girl left us some political manifesto the depth of her commitment is pointless speculation. OSS willing accepted services from committed communists: the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

[@loriburnip]

@subliminal juggernaut so if your country was invaded & you saw your friends, family & countrymen killed, you'd do nothing? You wouldn't fight back against a fascist regime like the third reich? It was the nazis who lost their humanity, not those who rose up against them to fight for their liberation!

[@missprettyschannel]

who?

[@suzannakoizumi8605]

I know a Dutch man who was very young when the Nazis invaded. His mother gave him cups of sugar to put into the Nazis vehicles' gas tanks. He was such a young boy, maybe 5, no one would suspect him. His mother gave him the sugar.

[@xr6lad]

Interesting. Since sugar was difficult to get in a free Britain I don’t imagine occupied Nazi Europe would have been any better - so I’d take it with a grain of salt. They wouldn’t have had a lot of sugar to ‘just’ stick into petrol/gas tanks. Secondly - an adult, was willing to sacrifice a child. Really? What a morally bankrupt mother. The Nazis world have had no problem sending that child to a gas chamber if caught

[@tamaliaalisjahbana9354]

@@xr6lad You mean salt could work instead of sugar?

[@mentos93]

@@xr6lad probably in the first year when the war started there was still enouch sugar.

[@marcodarko6929]

@@xr6lad exactly right

[@boxedlife789]

@@tamaliaalisjahbana9354 take it with a grain of salt is a saying which means don't fully believe it as some of it or all of it may be a lie.

[@Purple_Sweater]

It pains me that as a Dutch student in secondary school I've never heard of these girls, because they were never mentioned in class.

[@eefneleman9564]

Helaas gaat het tegenwoordig alleen nog over leerdoelen en examenresultaten. Maar als je een goede leraar hebt, wil hij je er vast over vertellen. Probeer de film "Het meisje met het rode haar" (1981) te vinden.

[@Purple_Sweater]

@@eefneleman9564 Dankjewel, ik zal er naar kijken!

[@tammiea8552]

@@eefneleman9564 huh? Lol

[@davec.3129]

It's a depraved vile story

[@kimthegrey]

@@eefneleman9564 deze opvatting is natuurlijk wel erg kort door de bocht. Mijn middelbare school besteedde hier wel aandacht aan en het verhaal van Hannie Schaft is in veel schoolboeken te vinden.

[@plutonianpretzel3802]

There's a story about a child who took a toothpick and pricked every piece of fruit in the storage to be sent to the Nazi's. The fruit all browned and therefore the Nazi's didn't have nice fruit. I like this dude.

[@sunsetkitty2932]

That's some dedication for sure

[@Boultbeeable]

r/pettyrevenge edit: since a child has taken issue with this, the act of pricking oranges so they rot is petty. Not the fact it was towards Nazi's, but I think anyone over the age of 12 gathered that.

[@devoid-of-life]

@@Boultbeeable Not really petty considering they're nazis Edit: still not petty

[@Boultbeeable]

@@devoid-of-life it's called a joke

[@devoid-of-life]

@Richelle Noble-Taitua r/shutthefuckup

[@09meangirl]

My mother in law who is Dutch grew up in this area during WWII, she remembers these women well

[@Chriskros1984]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXfamGOndsugqc0 / kzbin.info/www/bejne/j52cq6asqrlsodk more about them but in Dutch no subs

[@nusferatum]

Yeah, same here. I had a neighbor whose dog is a descendant of her grandmother's dog, who played fetch with the Oversteegen sisters before the war. small world.

[@09meangirl]

@Matthew Unreal Van Gronigen

[@ashleighvinson5801]

@@nusferatum smart ass

[@darkyellow4148]

IF WE BURN, YOU BURN WITH US. i got so much respect for them. I'm dutch, so I heard a lot of story's about them 💜

[@mauvie2709]

This story DESERVES a movie

[@davec.3129]

There is enough disgraceful trash out already

[@missundercover5061]

I agree

[@themurrrr]

They did make a movie of the redhead.

[@shahada7435]

@@themurrrr what was it called?

[@cherrypie12211]

@@shahada7435" the girl with red hair"

[@jente2658]

During Hannie Schaft’s execution, one of the bullets grazed her and she reportedly said: “Ik schiet beter.”. Which translates to: “I shoot better.”

[@normadesmond6017]

Hannie Schaft had the nickname" the girl with the red hair". She dyed her hair black just before she was arrested. And in jail, the red grew out again and the Germans knew they had the right girl. So sad.....

[@HubieB]

@Jente, That's a persistent myth, she never said it. In fact, her last word was: "Au!" ("Ow!")

[@normadesmond6017]

@@shrutis what do you mean?

[@normadesmond6017]

ohhhhhhhh- great one!!!!!!! Did you ever gone through a occupation in your country and struggeling fightinh it with your own life at risk? Idiot.

[@blanconaam]

@@normadesmond6017 no did you? You didn’t live back then u can’t say you went through a rough time back then.

[@mercuryistired7191]

I hate how there’s still people out there criticizing her morals and claiming that she was not brave and just a monster. If she was a man going to war everyone would praise her, but not a woman who fights back against a nazi invasion. Heck, even if she was just a man leading a resistance her legacy would be treated better than it is with her being a woman. So if a woman fights and kills in battle she’s morally corrupt, but if a man fights and kills in battle he’s brave and a hero? The only difference between men and woman are their physical bodies, which have to cooexist for reproduction. It’s basic biology. Try to tell me female and male brains are different and I’ll tell you to go research and find the actual differences. There are few.

[@vk8812]

Who is criticizing her? We Dutch praise these people. We tell stories about them to our children.. Man or woman.. It doesn't matter. Your whole comment is based on your own beliefs and pathetic little mind. The way you speak is just a result of your own inferiority complex that even in such a beautiful video, where Dutch people speak with such love and gratefulness about this remarkable and brave woman, even then you try to make it a man/woman discussion. You are truly pathetic, and you should be ashamed of yourself.

[@quatro4764]

This is all factually accurate except for “female and male brains/bodies [aren’t] different”. For example we see the inverse bell curves commonly associated with male and female intelligence levels. Women are also biologically endowed with much higher levels of empathy and child rearing skills, while men typically have much less empathy and are more objective oriented. There are also some other distinct differences in the bodies of men and women, with men having significantly higher levels of muscle mass in all areas of the body where as women tend to have less. Though it may be harder for a women to lift as many pounds as a man or harder for a man to find great joy in child raising as many women do, it should be up to oneself to decide what they want to do even is it is made harder due to biological factors. Again, not to say any of the message of what you saying is wrong, but there are many distinct differences between men and women’s bodies and there is a beauty in all of those differences.

[@mercuryistired7191]

@@vk8812 I’m talking about other people in the comments who have been making sexist remarks. That is who I intended this message for :/ Edit- I just was upset at all the people in this comment section who are claiming that this person is a monster and saying misogynistic things. I’m sorry if you were affected by this

[@mercuryistired7191]

@@quatro4764 I guess it is true that they are vastly different, but I don’t think the idea of women always being empathetic and child-loving and men always being more objective driven is true. While it might be a common trend, so many people deviate from these mental gender norms. I also don’t deny female and male bodies are different, but I truly don’t believe that beyond their physical bodies they are any different. I have met too many cruel and uncaring women and empathetic and emotional men to believe that gender can truly say anything about one’s personality. That is just my opinion tho :)

[@quatro4764]

@@mercuryistired7191 most of the things I’ve listed are trends. You will still find uncaring women and empathetic men, but those are usually accepted as outliers, not that they don’t exist but are more rare. As society diverges from its original hunter gatherer roots, we’ll see more changes in the empathy levels of both genders to approach neutrality as women do more work outside of the home and men spend more time with kids. From an evolutionary standpoint it was very useful to have one person raise children and one person hunt, and so, evolution gave more women higher empathy and more men goal oriented thinking, as this produced the highest level of offspring.

[@normmcrae1140]

It's so sad that so many people nowadays have forgotten the REASONS that these girls, and so many others sacrificed so much. RIP to the brave people of the Resistance.

[@terrymills1127]

9

[@henrietta9206]

Freedom, kindness, fairness, I still remember the reasons. Wealth..Mammon, Greed ...Hoarding...lies ...those are triggers, sadly.

[@Anne--Marie]

Look at what we have in the United States today. We have a former president who emulated Hitler.

[@skuller5553]

@@Anne--Marie Please cut that behavior out. The more people you call Nazi's the more vague the definition of Nazi becomes. When real Nazi's are rising again no one would take it seriously because according to people like you, many people are Nazi's.

[@Anne--Marie]

@@skuller5553 45 has the full support of the white supremacist movement in this country. He initiated the uprising that invaded our Capitol. He has encouraged people to physically harm his opponents. He had only one book on his nightstand: Mein Kampf. Don't you lecture me or downplay the seriousness of this situation.

[@danielcooper3332]

You may be badass but you'll never be "assassinating Nazi informants" badass.

[@OK-kf6pj]

@Joe Bloggs you are aware of rape during war by soldiers irrespective of how the women looked right? They were probably desperate too and the women took advantage of that. Also who are you to judge whether they're attractive or not? It's subjective.

[@OK-kf6pj]

@Joe Bloggs and oh the people in the video clearly states that flirting and seduction played little part of it.

[@user-xc9di1ko4t]

@Joe Bloggs you act like your name lmfao

[@lissyloopz1367]

@Joe Bloggs demonise the nazis? they demonised themselves.

[@lissyloopz1367]

@Joe Bloggs ok

[@maryannefrench2785]

My mother was from Amsterdam and was in the Dutch resistance from the time she was about 18 until around age 24. We heard some amazing stories, my mom was a bad- a#* !

[@caesarsalad-xu4vy]

My grandmother was also from Amsterdam (Jordaan area) but she never spoke of the war. Too traumatic I think. She ended up taking her experience to the grave.

[@saraf5414]

Share some of those amazing stories with us too, Mary Anne!

[@mrs.gottert7912]

My Oma was, too. She met Opa in the resistance. I will always be proud of their bravery.

[@liviagreck1894]

❤️

[@cristinadriviera8144]

Mary Anne French+ I really hope you are writing all the precious stories down!

[@ace-nd4mz]

she saved my grandma without her help i wouldnt have been here

[@peelove8513]

WOW THATS SO COOL!

[@ace-nd4mz]

@i am fierce Nawh

[@ace-nd4mz]

@Black truth thank u :)

[@f-lor4]

How did she save your grandma?

[@ace-nd4mz]

@Aakash Kanojia she shot i think it was a man down. the details are getting kinda fuzzy. she was in danger and she saved her by shooting someone down. the woman who Told the story of my grandparents died. my other great grandma (my grandpas side) Wasnt a very nice person. she tried to sell her kids during the war. she tried to take my mom from my grandparents

[@rosesprog1722]

Audrey Hepburn was a messenger in the Dutch resistance, fortunately she survived!

[@kingmike40]

She almost starved to death. That's why she was so skinny in the movies.

[@rosesprog1722]

@@kingmike40 She was very courageous.

[@mirzamay]

I didn't know that.

[@cupcakemcsparklebutt9051]

Wait WHAT??

[@tammiea8552]

Huh?

[@darwinmurphy]

it's absolutely heartbreaking that these brave women are not heard about or celebrated

[@lavenderfields2002]

They are over here in the Netherlands, everyone know about the girl with the red hair (Hannie Schaft) over here. Sadly enough, the rest of the world doesn't know them.

[@Linguineo]

18 days before the Netherlands were liberated she was executed, that's just depressing

[@mandyellis876]

Absolutely...so near and yet so far!

[@-Cheif]

I regret we Canadians were not a little bit faster

[@AudreyBradford]

I love the dutch culture, truly special. Wees voorzichtig

[@AudreyBradford]

@GG GG As a matter of fact a lot. My mentor for some years was Dutch.

[@smikkelbeer7890]

You be careful as well

[@gelitrippingkiddo5907]

@GG GG Why must you be so unpleasant?

[@boycottjews]

It's dying though. Soon it'll be arab culture only there.

[@boycottjews]

"At least we're not speaking German" 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@themurrrr]

Since so many people are all “this should have been made into a movie” Yes, IT WAS MADE INTO A MOVIE. A Dutch movie.

[@Furretkun]

Is it ok if I ask the name of the movie? No worries if you are too busy or miss this comment, I'm sure I can find it on my own. Thank you if you tell me before I find it on my own, though. (I don't know dutch, so I worry I will struggle to find it properly.)

[@nines5968]

@@Furretkun i think it's called "the girl with the red hair"

[@feministadentata4041]

Only good flicks we make: historical drama films. ^^ You can say a lot about Dutch cinema, but we have some captivating historical fiction. (If it's not a documentary I will call it historical fiction, sorry not sorry).

[@nakhuisman2187]

@@Furretkun Zwart Boek is a movie about a female resistance fighter, not this one though. It is a movie byPaul Verhoeven I thinks. Starring Carice van Houten.

[@ydejonge9443]

@@nakhuisman2187 I'm Dutch and saw this movies. We mostly think our movies are bad but I think this is one of the best movies we have

[@merlemorrison482]

bravery has no gender - nor age limits.......

[@Celisar1]

How is THAT brave??

[@merlemorrison482]

@@Celisar1 if you aren't smart enough to figure that out - then you won't be smart enough to understand the answer!!!

[@ٴٴٴٴ_0]

Specially in times of war. It's like men and women find inside themselves a strength they didn't even know they had. I admire so much the people who lived through these times

[@sunnyiee_03]

@@merlemorrison482 This is such a good saying, I’m taking this. 🦧

[@chelseagirl278]

@@Celisar1 I agree with you

[@a_zzzzzzzzzzzzz.]

Hannie? A badass woman. THIS is a great example of female empowerment. Such queens.

[@mia-xy8oq]

RIGHTT

[@anthonypuccetti8779]

Murderers

[@thpt7632]

@@anthonypuccetti8779 they killed the murderers

[@anthonypuccetti8779]

@@thpt7632 Who did the soldiers they killed murder?

[@QuestionsIAskMyself]

@@user-so7nd5zl2b so simple but so right

[@okaynope5197]

"They were all originally shy but became brave young women." As though shy is the antithesis of brave.

[@bettiegabrsek741]

To be fair, that's mainly because of the translation. If translated literally it would say 'They were shy girls but the war turned them into fierce tigers', which makes a bit more sense

[@theaveragecomment1014]

@@bettiegabrsek741 Your translation sounds much better lol

[@EE-hi4re]

I consider myself and my daughter both shy and brave

[@errortryagainlater4240]

@@bettiegabrsek741 that makes their story sound WAY cooler imo

[@bettiegabrsek741]

@@errortryagainlater4240 I agree, it does sound better in Dutch. I really don't know why they used this translation

[@sacred-chan157]

Remember what they wanted: "that war never happens again" We don't want to lose another Hannie.

[@plumdutchess]

Yet there are still many Hannies dying today, in many wars. There will unfortunately never be a time when there is no war.

[@DGill48]

My Dad and his B-24 crew were helped by the Resistance after their plane was downed in Friesland, northern Netherlands. Those resistance fighters, John Keulen and Leo Bult saved two American airmen at enormous risk to their families and themselves. If caught, they faced torture, death, and possible death for their families. They had no protection from the Geneva convention, unlike actual combatants. Thank you, Dutchmen; I walk the Earth today because of your brave deeds.

[@StephenLyons-tl8ie]

Wonderful story. It boosts my faith in humanity which is pretty low at present.

[@slavaukraini1811]

Na de oorlog zat iedereen opeens bij het verzet...

[@jaapklein1600]

Thank you Daniel and of course your dad, My dad was P.o.w for 4 years,,,teribble years... I am almost 70 years , now older, some time i ts like these dark years come closer to me...😥 But reading the message's like yours , give and bring me hope! Stay well! Daniel Gill! Grote Groet jaap Amsterdam

[@vinnievenus3570]

My poppy told me he lived in saveinhausen . A small town or village. In Holland. During ww2. And in around 1942 German soldiers knocked On his neighbours door. The dutchman's wife answered the door. The soldiers asked " is Wilhelm home?" The wife responded " yes." Just then the gentleman appeared at the Top of the stairs. Are you mr devries ? The germans asked. Yes"" he replied. Then they shot him to death. Leaving his wife alone. To raise their 7 young children. His crime? It was rumored he had spoken against hitler. It wasnt even fact. Just a rumour. My dad also told me that an ally plane had been shot down and the pilots needed assistance. My dad said the dutch citizens tried to help but were prevented from assisting the ally planes pilots and passengers by German soldiers on the ground. Who actually laughed while the occupants of the ally plane slowly died of their wounds. War is so terrible.

[@peacemaker-du4hz]

and we as americans walk free because of the supreme bravery of your father and others like him.Thank you so much for your fathers service and the men he served with

[@ryandavis7593]

“Not then, not now, not ever.” Similar words my Grandfather said to me. He was in Patton’s Third army. He saw the atrocities first hand. He told me, “Never let it happen again.”

[@tammiea8552]

My grandfather served under Patton too!

[@nuttybar9]

@@tammiea8552 And yet the Left are trying to do it in America.

[@samiam619]

@@nuttybar9 And yet, wasn’t it your Dear Leader Mr. tRumpelthinskin that wanted to stay in power by Martial Law? The attack on the Capital was so tRump could declare Martial Law! And didn’t he say to them in a video speech “I love you, now go home”?

[@nuttybar9]

@@samiam619 Martial Law because of the lawless BLM and Antifa goons that the left so lovingly coddles and embraces.

[@_-gr]

@@nuttybar9 whose side stormed the capital?

[@dwaekkisinsanity5233]

I've seen comments about Hannie saying "I shoot better" in Dutch and honestly, she does. She'd been shooting while riding a moving bicycle meanwhile her executers just grazed (?) her when she was just standing

[@sassysarina9718]

Imagine how many would be killed had they not did what they did

[@ornelassilva6690]

For real !!!!

[@firefly59]

@@Xymage The Jews on that list might disagree with you

[@kos2919]

That make me wonder though. So they became heroines because in the end the Dutch was freed by the allies. But let say we went into an alternate history route where the Germans are either winning or went to stalemate and made peace treaty but still keping Dutch. Those girls can't resist forever and slowly integrated into Germany. Will their action will be remembered otherwise?

[@boshinimperialofficer3250]

@@firefly59 They still didn't do enough damage.

[@ritzzzblitzz6833]

@@Xymage you wouldn't care about the numbers until and unless if it was your loved one.

[@johnallen2771]

To all the men, women and children who have been killed for taking a stand against oppression, tyranny and injustice I know that you have found a resting place in heaven. We won't forget people like you. You will live on in our hearts and your stories will be told over and over again to countless generations. I think of girls like this, so tenderly young, and think of my own daughter when she was that age. She was just a child. I think of the brave men of Australia who fought the Japanese along the Kogoda Trail. I think of the American patriots in the Revolutionary War who fought against living under a tyrannical King. "Give me liberty or give me death." I've spent my whole life fighting against these evils and I won't stop until I'm dead. Every time you see it rear it's ugly smile you must cut the head off. Each generation does what it can to make the world a little bit better off. Will we ever have a peaceful world? I'm not sure if it's even possible, but we must continue to fight.

[@henrietta9206]

hey John...it's tough isnt it...and all because some people think there isnt 'enough' imagine "10 life-vest and 10 people on board"...the world has enough for everyone now but the issue is some parties are double dipping and "10 life vest becomes insufficient for 10 people" *_and war starts_* ...which parties are into hogging and what party genuinely are being robbed...good question to know about. I spend my life fighting evil too, but if we are 7 billion it involves letting everyone see and understand, sadly some sides are very good at lying and distort truths ..we must continue to fight, true but those who refuse to wake, will stay asleep, no matter what Reality is, and despite efforts...you know?

[@renoraider9817]

Well get ready to lock and load because the filthy democrats stole the election and will put conservatives in re-education camps if we let them.

[@eleanoraquitaine2966]

@@renoraider9817 LOL!

[@carolinebcollier]

@@renoraider9817 🙄 Really? After watching this beautiful tribute to these amazing heroines and reading John’s moving words that’s what you have to say? Maybe just YOU need to go to a re-education camp.

[@judyives1832]

@@renoraider9817 You are deluded. None of that is true. You need to get some help. You aren’t thinking rationally.

[@marikovanveen6310]

I grew up in the house of Hannie Schaft, the story always has been a big part of my life. Super good to get the story world wide! They may never be forgotten.

[@nataliamarcadella946]

I like how the people the interviewed said flirting AKA seducing had very little to do with it and yet that’s exactly what’s advertised in the title

[@kos2919]

Well their target were taken to forest with expectation of getting laid so the title kinda fit

[@namedrop721]

@@kos2919 tbh all dudes expect a woman or girl just looking at them means it ends in getting laid. German soldiers or not.

[@captaindonut5240]

disgusting clickbait bah, its shameless

[@blackswan4486]

@@namedrop721 no they don’t. Some may want that but even those who do don’t necessarily believe it will definitely happen

[@MT-zu2uq]

How could they have lured them into the forests without seducing them? And the relatives mentioned about not flirting when they introduced another scheme that the girls did that didn’t need any flirting: shooting the targets while riding on their bikes. So they flirted with the other men, and killed others while riding bikes.

[@Lucyverre]

After the war there was a lot of hassle and, in my opinion, disrespectful behavior towards these women. After all, they were communists in the eyes of the authorities. The communist resistance has done a lot of resistance work and we, the Dutch, should be eternally grateful to them.

[@dylanmilne6683]

That's crazy. Reading her wiki it says that commeration was forbidden at her grave in 1951 with military personnel and tanks stopping people from attending. I wonder if Hannie would have been reaching for her pistol again if she had seen that!

[@enwmedez5573]

Say what you want about communists, but when push comes to shove, it's always communists who root out and destroy fascism wherever it rears its ugly head

[@dreamer2260]

@@enwmedez5573 Exactly. They are first in line, the ones who fight and die to defeat fascists. Even today, in Rojava, with the International Volunteers composed of anarchists, socialists and communists fighting side by side with the Kurds against ISIS and Turkish aggression.

[@dreamer2260]

@@Xymage A matter of perspective. If you think giving your life for another people’s cause is being a useful idiot, that’s your prerogative. But I don’t think they, their friends, or the international and Kurdish comrades they fought with would see them that way. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter what you think of them; they took action according to their beliefs and made what difference they could, and were courageous in doing so.

[@dreamer2260]

@@Xymage oh good. I have no love for the USSR. They indeed committed the most appalling atrocities, and their repressive, brutal authoritarianism represented a complete antithesis to many people of leftist ideals of liberation of the oppressed masses, freedom and equality. Many of those foreign fighters who fought (and still fight/work for) for the Kurds and Autonomous Administration in Rojava are anarchists, anarcho-communists, libertarian socialists etc. who were fundamentally opposed to Marxism-Leninism, Stalinism, authoritarianism etc. and were drawn to Rojava for its explicitly decentralised, partly directly-democratic model of governance, called democratic confederalism, as proposed by Abdullah Ocalan. Gender-equal, environmentally aware, secular, ethnically and religiously tolerant and inclusive, highly effective against ISIS etc. Rojava is a practical miracle considering the political and ideological environment around them, the barbarity and brutality of their enemies, and a testament to the strength of will and strength of the leftist political ideals of many of the Syrian and Turkish Kurds in particular.

[@MinGEvers]

I'm beyond speechless of living in the same city as they did these heroic actions and haven't heard of them for 20 years, or it wasn't told to me. I always drive past these parks with the desire to know what'd these parks would be like in the past, and now knowing these brave girls used those locations for their heroic actions, really makes me beyond speechless and admire the places even more

[@had2galsinthebooth]

So the traitors and Nazis thought they were going to the woods for privacy to get some action from a pretty girl then "BAM" they lay dead never to add to the problems again. I saw a show where they said Griselda Blanco invented motorcycle driveby assassinations in the late 60s-early 70s but it was done from bicycles in WW2 so who knows when the first one really was? Sad they caught Hannie so close to the end,she nearly made it through to liberation,SALUTE!

[@libertyann439]

The girls took action alright. Not the kind they had in mind.

[@wannabehistorian371]

“Seduced and killed Nazis” Now that’s metal.

[@rainevermore4683]

Note to self: wear a wig or a hat when undercover

[@loissoane6555]

@@aussieginger1960 Why is this important?! What exact shade of "Red Hair" are you?!!! I have red hair.

[@loissoane6555]

Jonathan. My twin brother Gary, born in Ulster, Northern Ireland, He likes to go around in disguise.

[@888PsyMike888]

As long as it's not a red hat!

[@101skysthelimit]

This can be a war movie.

[@SluttChops]

Already was. 1981 film "Het meisje met het rode haar" ("The Girl With the Red Hair"), released in 1981.

[@gayleralan]

Yeah but they'd make the girls American

[@101skysthelimit]

dbsill cockney Well if Hollywood gets the story but if it remains in Europe, the casting will be better.

[@mckavitt13]

101skysthelimit Could be, yes.

[@alanfarkas]

I think Netflix should remake this story.

[@stephenduffy5406]

Their victims’ last thoughts were not “I’m gonna die”, but “damn, fooled by feminine wiles again ... I never learn.”

[@lessavocadotoast5927]

Fascism and sexism - two sides of the same coin

[@MrBen51309]

@@lessavocadotoast5927 Modern feminists are fascists

[@nehankaranch2149]

@Wandering Alpaca yes it does

[@himlolo]

@Ruoshui Liu you know whats silly? Saying air conditioning is sexist. Thats what the third wave of feminism is.

[@himlolo]

@Ruoshui Liu unironically using that is silly.

[@tonydavis6903]

No feeble words of mine can adaquately pay homage to these exceptional ladies. I stand in awe of your charachter and heroism. Godspeed ladies. Absolute awe.

[@Serai3]

The English edition of their book is titled "Seducing and Killing Nazis".

[@Celisar1]

Yeah, great, as if every soldier had been a nazi....

[@thecatsaysmeow9795]

@@Celisar1 The nazi party was a mass movement that took over everything and it was detrimental to not be part of the nazi party. Being part of the party was the WW2 German equivalent of wearing pants. Wearing pants has benefits such as increased chances of promotion, avoiding embarrassment for being pants-less, not getting kicked out of places ect. I'm sure you'll find a great many soldiers were nazis. Furthermore, you didn't need to be German to join the nazi party, you could do it if you were a Dutch traitor for example.

[@lynekexve844]

@@Celisar1 I- are you dumb?

[@aayushtripathi3799]

@@lynekexve844 Using i- in front of every line is cringy . Also , most of the soldiers were brainwashed or forced to join the military. Not someone following the nazis by will

[@brightdaysaheadofUs]

These three women are the heroes everyone needed. Brave souls!

[@Celisar1]

Murderers. The video states clearly the they “thought” someone could be collaborating and then simply murdered her. Same with soldiers. Not every German soldier was a nazi. Men had no choice, they had to join the army.

[@chelseagirl278]

Nothing heroic about killing people

[@DamianYamamoto]

@@chelseagirl278 unless they were nazis

[@limesandlemons1367]

@@Celisar1 Nuremberg defense, ay?

[@burningblue1254]

England and France squandered away their advantages early on and had to take on a more powerful Germany increasing in strength by the day. Winston Churchill - "If you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed, if you will not fight when the the victory will be sure and not to costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worst case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than live as slaves." That is where these girls were at that time. A warning to us all.

[@henrietta9206]

Richard you are right...and those words "History repeats itself" loomingly frightening these days...do we still have 'advantage'? if we do I pray the free countries act fast, while we can. if there are ideologies rising yet again, trying to hurt...hoard, greed...may we be fast enough and not have 'history repeat itself'...

[@JimmiAlli]

There is a very big difference in how France and the UK behaved in the war. France capitulated in 1940 with barely a whimper. The UK fought extremely bravely against the Nazis.

[@awaitinstruction2719]

Please don't refer the united Kingdom and other commonwealth nations as "England" please.

[@burningblue1254]

@@awaitinstruction2719 Are you referring to my comment?

[@awaitinstruction2719]

@@burningblue1254 I am indeed, just a friendly reminder that it isn't just England. I also like to remind Americans, it wasn't just them who fought in the war.

[@reverethepatriot1776]

This is why knowing our history is so important. We begin to hold a respect and reverence for the sacrifice that our ancestors made to give us what we have today and not take it for granted. That was a truly special generation.

[@elliedereyna5014]

My grandma died recently but she grew up in Holland in the second World War, I still have a picture of her and her sister in their little victory float on Liberation Day full of garlands and flags

[@MacabreQt888]

Thank you ladies for your truly exceptional valor!❤️✊🏾

[@bobd1082]

Was totally unaware of this. Thanks for sharing a great story.

[@trashpanda2094]

The girl with the red hair was especially a hero-knowing that her unique colour would attract attention she still decided her the risk was worth helping others. Wonderful hero

[@metablue4454]

"Teach the children quietly. For someday, sons and daughters will rise up and fight while we stood still." From the song "Silent Running" (1983) by Mike and the Mechanics

[@ericcooper1709]

To all those and their families who stood against German tyranny and mass murder thank you

[@mementomori4817]

I beg your pardon, it wasn't the Germans, it was the NAZI'S

[@ericcooper1709]

@@mementomori4817 The Natzis were the political party but it was ordinary Germans committing atrocities on a daily basis, but that is history and I am not trying to imply that would happen again in Germany

[@whiteevropean]

yup

[@mementomori4817]

@@ericcooper1709 lol sorry if i came off wrong, i absolutely agree with you

[@ericcooper1709]

@@mementomori4817 Thank you, you don't come over as a Natzi sympathiser

[@takasec4946]

It took me 10 seconds to realize that the narrator was speaking Dutch. It sounded like English with a really heavy accent to me

[@telstar9]

Takase Its a similar accent to the English "Black Country" one. While my brother and I were touring Australia we met some Swedes and got on great. When they found out we were English and not Dutch they were very surprised.

[@omairsh8]

Sounded like the Scouse accent for a sec haha

[@kilroy2517]

I had to travel to The Netherlands for business many years ago. I speak German but could not understand anything the Dutch said, but found that a lot of written Dutch was understandable if I just pretended it was misspelled German. For example "ich" in German is "ik" in Dutch, though they don't sound the same. No disrespect to the Dutch is meant. Had I spoken Dutch and been in Germany, I would have said that German was misspelled Dutch. What was really strange was hearing the Dutch speak English with an English accent on top of their Dutch accent.

[@1721-z4c]

Dutch is the easyest language to learn for an English speaker.

[@stephensmith4480]

@@omairsh8 I don`t think so. I am a Scouser but I don`t know anyone with an accent like that.

[@SmashPhysical]

Brave, brave women. We need more people like this in the world today, instead of the selfish attitude most people seem to have now.

[@yusufkhan4896]

YEPP WE DEFINITELY NEED GIRLS WHO KILL AND SEDUCE PEOPLE.

[@morenr7983]

@@yusufkhan4896 you have to put in context

[@SuicideboysGrey59]

@@yusufkhan4896 did you not listen to WHY they did all that?

[@shoarmaschaap5460]

Well there isn’t exactly a world war going on but I get your point

[@Las645]

I don’t care I’m not putting my life in danger for a plan that may not even work.

[@TheElisabethMaria]

Im Dutch and Im only now finding out about these women because of this video 😮

[@mutilatedhatred4868]

Why are you people so closed and weird?

[@dzonikg]

You did not know because they were communist ..it was illegal in the west to talk about communist in positive way even it was from own country

[@МирославаБерзина]

Trijn van der Molen - "a single mother with a strong anti-fascist convictions" - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJq4gIqEm8mpiKc - very beautyful woman.

[@МирославаБерзина]

@@dzonikg Because of this, the sisters were awarded War Cross almost 69 years after the victory, a two year before the older sister died.

[@newton18311]

be proud The dutch where magnificent , well respected by British

[@vickieandrew1010]

Thank goodness for the internet,to learn about these incredible people.

[@thearcherofjustice1492]

That definitely changed a lot for me too. I wouldn't have taken quite the same path in my earlier days had I'd been given to inform myself better and communicate with others about many things. Also I was lucky to end up in Europe again when I was 15 (in the USA from 8 to then). My parents were political refugees from communist Hungary in 1956, resurrection, we lived pretty isolated, my dad was working hard. I I attended private catholic school (to be segregated..) and nobody ever taught us anything about...anything much 😂😅😒 Certainly not about Europe and WW2,... I first had to learn French coming to Switzerland, I was terribly eager to learn and to understand (no internet in those days). Now I retired and have lots of time to learn more about many things. Since I'm living in France, I hear a great deal more about WW2 and watch documentaries related to the subject. But this is a huge huge piece to master. I am deeply profoundly grateful to all the men and women who contributed to regaining our today's Freedom. Unfortunately the world doesn't know how to live in peace and harmony and brotherhood on a permanent basis 😢😭 But that's another topic☮️

[@jewelboxballerina]

This Band of Bad Bishes are legends.

[@melrehder7179]

I'm so inspired by this. The legacy they all had left behind is beyond incredible.

[@sheilagravely5621]

These women were heroes.

[@Celisar1]

Obviously not.

[@r.deleeuw266]

@@Celisar1 can you please shut your beak now

[@papetogaming]

@@r.deleeuw266 their country literally still invaded asian countries even after the war and wouldnt help getting rid of communists in the asian country and america had to intervene and stopped them because of their colonization system they're not heroes, the dutch at that time has massacred, tricked and invaded asia for hundreds of year.know your history

[@r.deleeuw266]

@@papetogaming DUDE, the only asian country the Netherlands invaded during these girls’ lifetime was Indonesia. Not saying it’s right, but countries is plural and Indonesia is one country, know your history. Furthermore these ladies were in the RESISTANCE, they helped minorities fight for freedom and risked their lives doing it. You really think they would support the colonization of Indonesia? Bc according to you thats what all Dutch represent, you cannot just generalize an entire country like that, especially if they’re people in the resistance fighting literal oppression. Not one country has always been a saint, each country has black pages in history, THOUGH the few light specs are people like Hannie schaft, that legitimately died for our freedom today, to fight oppression. It’s not like they can fight each and every battle for everyone, because resisting the nazis is already a VERY tough battle. Your argument legitimately makes 0 sense, it has nothing to do with these girls.

[@cookieblast1499]

@@Celisar1 stop sympathizing with Nazis, it's a bad look

[@bonita7814]

My grandpa lived next to Anne frank in Amsterdam he was 11 when the WWII started

[@paulinarios3665]

Wow! 😳

[@Bumula1]

This should be taught in every school around the world.

[@i_5695]

@subliminal juggernaut ah so still no compassion to be found anywhere, lovely

[@Linda-op7mj]

I am Dutch and even I never got to hear about this in history class

[@VRSVLVS]

@subliminal juggernaut It might help when you realisise that these girls were ardent communists who opposed dutch colonialism as much as they did the nazis. Funny how they leave that little fact out of this little video, isn't it? It's almost as if bourgeois media outlets would rather think about that fact.

[@barsantbulti7115]

This needs to be known more, women like them prevented death to a lot more people. Rest their brave souls.

[@CaesarsLegion1]

Actually caused more death

[@andrewdinkel5900]

God Bless them, and may they rest in Peace.

[@1000secondhandrose]

there are lots of unsung heroes from the resistance in all countries and they should be recognised more,

[@olipatches7823]

The executions are terrifyingly well done with luring them to the woods but also like, damn. strong women killin nazis, a good sight

[@Celisar1]

Darn, young girls murdering on suspicion. Not strong, horrible.

[@Kenya-bx6gu]

@@Celisar1 they worked within the Dutch resistance. They didn’t kill people who they just ‘thought’ were traitors, they killed those who they had evidence on. Wonder if you even watched the entire video. Don’t know how you could sympathize with someone who was documenting all the names of all the Jews in Haarlem so they could be deported. 🤨 It was a war. Had there not been a war, they never would have had to kill anyone.

[@Toopa88]

@@Kenya-bx6gu This video doesn't explain a lot at all. It should have been either longer or more in detail to clarify the situation to the viewer more appropriately. Instead, one is tempted to believe that they were cold-blooded serial killers.

[@SmoLollipop]

@@Kenya-bx6gu eh don't mind them. They kinda side with the Nazis. They reply a little too much about it in comments.

[@chelseagirl278]

@@Kenya-bx6gu murder is MURDER

[@anthonydavid5121]

I learned something today and I love that. I am embarrassed that as an Israeli and I never knew of these amazing, brilliant young women and what they did for the Dutch Jews and all the people of Holland! I just read about thier lives on-line and am blown away! We should all be so brave! May the stories of their remarkable lives and thier fight against nazism live for all eternity.

[@Mirjen97]

❤

[@JoelvanLennep]

As an American friend who lived in the NL once said to me: These are good-humored and basically kind but unwaveringly no-nonsense people: But they are "tough as nails" (resilient and non-self-pitying). Admirable!

[@Pulsonar]

I lived in Nijmegen in 2005-8, worked at Philips, I was shocked at how much hatred the Dutch still had for Germans in general. One of my co-workers a woman much older than me, told me stories of unbelievable Nazi cruelty her mother told her. Some awful things that were never documented.They simply could not understand how a Germanic nation could treat another Germanic nation and its peoples so horrifically, not just the Jews, but most of the Dutch population. I gradually understood why many of the Dutch will never forgive and forget.

[@semiramis47]

I recall on my first trip to Amsterdam in the '70's , when I checked into my hotel room, there was a note on the pillow advising that if German was one of the languages I spoke I'd have a much better time if I didn't use it.

[@GraftedOliveBranch]

@@semiramis47 haha. Fair enough.

[@peet4921]

Bullshit with a big B, the last remaining 'hatred' we've had with the Germans was because of football, especially losing the world cup in '74. This feeling ebbed away and not a shred of it is left now.

[@peet4921]

@@semiramis47 Like the above, BULLSHIT.

[@semiramis47]

@@peet4921 the Dutch immigrant real estate agent I dealt with in New York in '08 would differ with your opinion

[@mikhail2400]

The title of the book, 'Not Then, Not Now, Not Ever' sounds more like it speaks of the will to never give in than it is about not wanting war aver again. Thats just how I interpret it but they knew these women so I have to believe they know better. Very sad story but also gives one pride in how our fellows will fight against evil.

[@likhochokri6849]

Your great grandma: *fought against and killed Nazis. You: *make tik toks

[@ricpowers1475]

Why has history buried this story until now? The "Not then, Not now, Not ever" slogan should become a worlwide pledge of peace!!

[@doraemon419]

Their Strong Bond of Friendship made them into resistance

[@notsosilentmajority1]

These are some of the many stories that too many of us don't hear about. These were wonderful women and they saved countless lives. God bless them all.

As a German I'm so thankful for heroic people like this. All over the world people did there part to fight against the pure horror that Germany brought over the world at this time. Siamo tutti antifacisti!

[@Brad19414]

You can see the pride in their eyes. Truly proud of their mothers.

[@audreyyyy1899]

This girl just did the best uno reverse card in history

[@chipsthedog1]

So brave and so sad to be caught so close to the end. Rest in peace.

[@linengray]

How two teenage girls had the courage to act as they did is incredible. Beyond brave. Remarkable story.

[@OdiltheOdd]

It’s very important for us to see such things, painful reminders what our country has been through. But seeing at present day we’re free and living wel now is amazing :]

[@touchedbynature5445]

Such a courageous act, The Dutch Girls Of Courage.

[@ericblair5728]

@@newadam573 Things were different in Eastern Europe. Almost half of the soviet pow's didn't survive capture.

[@chelseagirl278]

NOTHING courageous about killing people!

[@Zod0442]

@@ericblair5728 more than that especially In Stalingrad

[@ericblair5728]

@@chelseagirl278 Killing the oppressors is a different matter

[@annamccormack4101]

Whenever I hear Dutch I always feel like I’m just hearing English and having a stroke or something it’s so understandable but I don’t understand it

[@roxc453]

Why does that perfectly describe it

[@nadiaamadu7307]

I just feel like it's german with a different meaning and German is similar to English so maybe that 's why.

[@676marvin]

Dutch is the closest major language to english. So thats why you feel familar with dutch

[@annamccormack4101]

@@676marvin yeah I think that must be it! Also I used to study German so that might be it too

[@MK-cf1rm]

because english is basically old dutch lol

[@doncarlo5]

these are heroes .. we should not only admire them, but they should inspire new generations in the hope that something this terrible is ever going to happen again ...

[@hughchamberlain5018]

From what I can see it is happening now, not only in the Netherlands but all over Europe. Better wake up folks.

[@Zod0442]

It’s about to happen anyways have you ever heard of agenda 21 and the new world order agenda

[@sophiat9272]

i really want this to be a movie this is so inspiring and incredible

[@williamgunnarsson]

A movie needs to be made of these beautiful and brave young girls. Soon, so we can still have input from those who suffered during WW2. WRG.

[@johnwheet7037]

in my 60's and still learning about this period in time....amazing

[@henrietta9206]

not too late to learn....and then vote better. Hopefully we can fend off war another 100 years......and then some...if possible.

[@missingmac7104]

Brave brave young ladies thank you for your courage

[@Erik-op2hy]

@subliminal juggernaut nope, brave!! The Nazi's were evil

[@Erik-op2hy]

@subliminal juggernaut nope, they killed traitors who collaborated with the Nazi's. Who knew names the Nazi's didn't, they gave the names.. they told where jews where hiding etc.

[@TheChsmith]

@subliminal juggernaut It was war, grow up or be conquered/enslaved as they were

[@markharrisllb]

I’m a 60 year old Englishman whose father lied about his age to sign up at 16 for what he believed in in 1943. I wept at the part where Miss Schaft got executed so close to the end of the war when she would have been celebrated as the hero she was. These girls were the same age as my mother, a generation that was brought up to be gentle. The bravery and fortitude of these young ladies was unquestionable and should be applauded. I was born in 1960 when my late father was 33, though not old to be a parent I’m probably one of the youngest to have had a serving parent. We must never forget what they did and more importantly what they were fighting for.

[@mstrwul1]

Very brave girls. I admire their courage.

[@michaelnaisbitt1590]

This is the story of some very brave young girls how come their story is only now being told ????

[@thra5herxb12s]

I was told this story at Primary school in the 60s. So many stories to tell. You cant possibly hear them all. It would take a lifetime.

[@shannanbalg4094]

Wow, what exceptional women. And Holland is an exceptional country. May these women RIP and never be forgotten. Thank you to these great women, and thank you to the Netherlands.

[@musicalmango5527]

I really think it’s embarrassing how women have been historically wasted. You strap a gun on a girl with maternal instincts, an innocent face and something to prove and you’ve got a deadly weapon of epic proportions.

[@ITI-xi5zx]

... maternal instincts?

[@ITI-xi5zx]

newsflash: not all women are bred to be mothers, dude

[@PEEEKayy]

@@ITI-xi5zx no sh!t Sherlock way to speak the obvious, you missed the point of the original comment.

[@zlatkajupe]

Imagine the immense amount of pride you would have knowing your family was apart of something like that. How truly special.

[@mochtegerndane7097]

I dont have to imagine that. And neither do my sons. It is part of our family history. (And it DOES change the way you look at the world and what you should do).

[@StephenLyons-tl8ie]

Marvellous ladies. Such courage. God bless their souls.

[@lostinthestorywithjeremymi9385]

@Michael Standing So killing genocidal maniacs during a war was bad?

[@evanwilliams8387]

@@lostinthestorywithjeremymi9385 you know many nazis are german teenagers forced into the military, less than 1% of them were "genocidal maniacs"

[@lostinthestorywithjeremymi9385]

@@evanwilliams8387 Perhaps so. But imagine trying telling that to those who died because of them.

[@secretagent86]

@@evanwilliams8387 soldiers were usually not nazis of course

[@RedNovaMedia]

Utmost respect 🙏🏽 ❤️... thank you so much beautiful ladies, you are an inspiration to us all !!!

[@-dino_go_rawr-184]

These girls were ABSOLUTE QUEENS as a 12 year old these girls stories have inspired me to do what I have always been afraid of and try new things like ummm scared of skating I talked to my dad we’re going to go skating every Tuesday now until I get over my fear

[@shawne02]

By murdering soldiers and civilians who were dammed if they do dammed if they don't smh .

[@-dino_go_rawr-184]

@@shawne02 yes they did murder but the thing is this was in ww2 and if you were against the nazis you were going to get killed by the nazis and running a undercover group against the nazis if there were traitors they were in danger if you paid attention in history you would know tha smh

[@microwave8931]

@@shawne02 it's either kill people who have no intentions but to kill or let a lot of innocent people die

[@Sddvhjkkll]

@Stars and Bars their intention was to take over and to get rid of certain groups of people. By get rid of, I mean kill.

[@lisap.31]

@Stars and Bars dafuq

[@perioddramaedits6458]

For those who were wondering if this has been turned into a film, the bbc has a series called world on fire. One of the main characters Kasia joins the polish resistance and starts to seduce and kill nazis. Would really recommend this series as it focuses on more of the untold stories of World War Two. There is only one season available at the moment but season 2 is being filming later this year and the writer has planned for 6 seasons, one for every year of the war.

[@sbalman]

This is beautiful....why am I cryng? ❤️

[@pornstarlivesmatter3319]

ME TOO

[@dannydadude]

THE PRICE OF FREEDOM IS NEVER CHEAP. DON'T LET GO OF YOUR FREEDOM.

[@GizmoMaltese]

Don't vote for fascists

[@smitajky]

Yet today our western world is supporting the occupation of many territories. We execute those who fight against their occupation. The question is "in what way are we better or different from the Nazis"? How have we rejected the concept of war and invasion? How do we provide justice for oppressed people who are of the "wrong" political or religious beliefs? I don't think that we do.

[@jeremyhowes2399]

@@GizmoMaltese Or Communists, for they are the same.

[@GizmoMaltese]

@@jeremyhowes2399 Or people who claim the nation's problems are caused by some minority group we need to deport.

[@zurdddtk3025]

@@jeremyhowes2399 Communism is literally the complete opposite of fascim idiot

[@twstf8905]

And the sisters survived into 2016 and 2018, respectively. 👍

[@greggmhire185]

Truly, very moving and so thankful to know of these ladies!