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Oversteegen served as a board member on the National Hannie Schaft Foundation, which was established by her sister, Truus. [2] In 2014, Freddie and Truus were awarded the Mobilisation War Cross (Mobilisatie-Oorlogskruis) by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte for their acts of resistance during the war.
Dirk Boonstra (resistance fighter, born 1920) Jim de Booy; ... Freddie Oversteegen; P. ... Dutch resistance members.
Hannie Schaft and Truus Oversteegen were planning to liquidate NSB member and Haarlem policeman Fake Krist on 25 October 1944, but other Haarlem resistance fighters were ahead of them. On 1 March 1945, NSB police officer Willem Zirkzee was executed by Hannie Schaft and Truus Oversteegen, near the Krelagehuis on the Leidsevaart in Haarlem.
During the Second World War she was a member of the anti-Nazi Dutch Resistance, [2] [3] together with her sister, Freddie Oversteegen, [4] and Hannie Schaft. [5] Schaft and Truus Oversteegen were planning to liquidate policeman and NSB member Fake Krist on 25 October 1944, but other Haarlem Resistance fighters killed him first. On 1 March 1945 ...
While France hosts grandiose ceremonies commemorating D-Day, Missak Manouchian and his Resistance fighters’ heroic role in World War II are often overlooked. French President Emmanuel Macron is ...
Freddie Oversteegen, 92, Dutch resistance member. [77] Lise Payette ... Alan Peart, 96, New Zealand World War II fighter ace (Royal New Zealand Air Force). [79 ...
Johan van Hulst, who died in 2018 at the age of 107, is remembered for his valiant work with Dutch Resistance groups, an effort that he only "modestly" discussed in the years following the war.
Oversteegen is a Dutch surname. Notable people with the surname include: Freddie Oversteegen (1925–2018), Dutch resistance member; Truus Menger-Oversteegen (1923–2016), Dutch sculptor, painter and resistance member