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Three ordinary girls : the remarkable story of three Dutch teenagers who became spies, saboteurs, Nazi assassins, and WWII heroes / Tim Brady.
Tells the story of three fearless female resisters during World War II whose youth and innocence belied their extraordinary daring in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
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- ISBN: 9780806540382 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 298 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Citadel Press, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 940.5486492 Bra | 31681010226249 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Tells the story of three fearless female resisters during World War II whose youth and innocence belied their extraordinary daring in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands. - Baker & Taylor
The award-winning author of Twelve Desperate Miles shares the remarkable story of three World War II female resistors who were recruited as teens to infiltrate the Third Reich and serve the Allies as spies, saboteurs and Nazi assassins. - Random House, Inc.
The astonishing true story of three fearless female teenage resisters during WWII whose youth and innocence belied their extraordinary daring in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands
"Exhaustively researched and written with both authority and style…history that reads like a novel.ââStephen Harding, New York Times best-selling author of The Last Battle
May 10, 1940. The Netherlands was swarming with Third Reich troops. In seven days it's entirely occupied by Nazi Germany. Joining a small resistance cell in the Dutch city of Haarlem were three teenage girls: Hannie Schaft, and sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen who would soon band together to form a singular female underground squad.
Smart, fiercely political, devoted solely to the cause, and "with nothing to lose but their own lives," Hannie, Truus, and Freddie took terrifying direct action against Nazi targets. That included sheltering fleeing Jews, political dissidents, and Dutch resisters. They sabotaged bridges and railways, and donned disguises to lead children from probable internment in concentration camps to safehouses. They covertly transported weapons and set military facilities ablaze. And they carried out the assassinations of German soldiers and traitorsâon public streets and in private trapsâwith the courage of veteran guerilla fighters and the cunning of seasoned spies.
In telling this true story through the lens of a fearlessly unique trio of freedom fighters, Tim Brady offers a little-known perspective of the Dutch resistance during the war. Of lives under threat; of how these courageous young women became involved in the underground; and of how their dedication evolved into dangerous, life-threatening missions on behalf of Dutch patriotsâregardless of the consequences.
Harrowing, emotional, and unforgettable, Three Ordinary Girls finally moves these three icons of resistance into the deserved forefront of world history.
