This last week marked the
death of Freddie Oversteegen, 92, the Dutch resistance heroine who at the age of 14 joined a resistance cell dedicated to sabotage and assassination. (She would meet German soldiers in bars, lure them to a secluded place, then shoot them.) She sabotaged railways, killed soldiers and collaborators, and sheltered Jews, gays, and political refugees. (Her family had actually begun harboring Jewish refugees before the war started, and saw no reason to stop.)
Ms. Overste...
Published on September 28, 2018 22:56