This story is incredible. These two Dutch teenage sisters stood up to evil with a unique courage. Truly remarkable!
The Dutch Sisters Who Helped Save Jews in the Holocaust
There are so many amazing things about the story of Freddie and Truus Oversteegen. They did not passively stand by and watch Jews get murdered during the Holocaust. They very actively fought against the Nazis. The way they were brave enough to help the Jewish people and actually kill Nazis while they were just teenagers is mind-blowing.
That kind of bravery is not common – especially coming from teenage girls in WWII.
Many of us see things that are immoral and wrong in this world. But how many of us actively do something about it? It’s hard. It’s hard to act. It’s hard to take risks. And Freddie and Truus’ lives were at stake! Yet they still did what they did.
During the times in history when evil seems to be taking over, we must remember that there are good, kind, moral people who are willing to take a strong stand against that evil and fight it. People like Freddie and Truus Oversteegen were not Jewish, but they felt the pain of others and knew right from wrong.