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it’s been two years, but i think that an icon like her deserves to be known about by more people.

her name was freddie oversteegen and she, at the age of fourteen, along with her older sister truus who was 16 and their friend johanna “hannie” schaft who was 19, was a part of the netherlands most famous all female resistance cell which was dedicated to fighting the nazis and dutch traitors.

among other things, they are known to have blown up bridges and railroads, smuggled jewish children from concentration camps and, as the tweet mentions, seducing nazis and then shooting them with guns that they had hidden in their bike baskets. freddie is quoted as having said that they “had to do it.” and that it was a “necessary evil, killing those who betrayed good people.”

though freddie and her sister truus were both lucky and survived the war, hannie schaft wasn’t. at the age of 24, hannie was caught and around three weeks later was executed by nazis, only 18 days before the netherlands were eventually liberated. she was shot with one only wounding her, and, before the final shot, hannie is quoted as having told the executioners: ik schiet beter, which translates to “i shoot better.”

though she didn’t survive, hannie is recognized as a national icon and a face of the dutch resistance, with her story even being retold in a movie from 1981 called “the girl with the red hair.” along with this, truus also founded the national hannie schaft foundation in 1992, on which freddie served as a board member.

freddie, at the time of her death, was 92 years old and the last surviving member of the resistance cell, with truus having died two years earlier at the age of 92.

though these women and all that they did played an important part in the dutch resistance, they are often overlooked in history outside of the netherlands. it’s important that they are remembered and that their work to save people isn’t forgotten. it’s incredible what they did, especially given how young they were, and they deserve more recognition than what they’ve gotten.

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“I shoot better” Holy shit an icon

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Study tips

do not run after the amount of time you study!! everyone’s brain is different it might take one to study 40 mins to remember a topic and other might need 2 hours. Everyone is different.

study for shorter intervals and take regular break. for example study for an hour take a small break for 10 mins and so on. when you take a break don’t go through your phone or tv. Our attention is like a muscle you need to give it a rest and watching tv and going through phone wouldn’t exactly help. Instead go out for walk or walk around in the room, get yourself some water, listen to instrumental music, etc. Make sure to not do anything that fully diverts your attention.

don’t write everything in your notes! this is one of the major mistakes i did, if the information doesn’t help you/you don’t need, don’t write it down in your notes.

don’t study late at night/early in the morning if you can’t focus. If you are not a night person don’t beat yourself by studying late till night instead take a good night rest and wake up early to study and vice versa.

always keep reviewing past topics. i know it hard, but if you keep in touch with the old topic it really helps you during finals. try to review old topic once a month.

keep yourself healthy. Health over study, do remember to take care of yourself, give yourself breaks, go easy on yourself, have time to heal and then study again no need to rush.

these were some tips that helped me let me know if you want a part 2 :)