Three Ordinary Girls

This is a history about three young women in the Netherlands who resisted the occupiers by murdering enemy soldiers.

The story told in Three Ordinary Girls about young women who assassinated German soldiers had already been told partially in the memoirs of the survivors.

The story of Hannie Schaft, the ring leader and a student at Amsterdam University at the outset of the war, is now part of the history told to students in Dutch schools.

But author Tim Brady does an admirable job of bringing new perspectives to these heroes by weaving a story that reads like a novel… show more.

I’m always looking out for good books about the Dutch resistance and this did not disappoint. 

I was riveted by this true story of three Dutch teenage girls who joined a resistance group in Haarlem in order to take action against the Nazis and collaborators. What makes this story so compelling is that so few women were involved in active resistance in World War 2, let alone any so young. Not only were they unafraid to use weapons against the enemy, but sabotaged bridges and railways and helped Jewish people, including children, to find safe hiding places. This book reads… show more.