Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins--and WWII Heroes Hardcover – February 23, 2021

I loved every minute reading this book. One reads so much about the resistance in England and France but rarely about the Netherlands.

This book was a wonderful resource and would have been better if written in novel form. The documentary nature of the book made me give it less than 5 stars.

This is a book that needs to be read by everyone. I read this in honor of National Woman’s Month, but ended up hooked and couldn’t put the book down. Heartbreaking and an eye opener.

I wish our modern day educators would teach what REAL woman power is. Not the corporate world or mouthy activists. These young ladies went on auto pilot to do what they knew was best for their homeland and the rest of Europe. Such an inspirational read! Unfortunately, as usual, the people who do the most don’t get enough credit for their achievements.

A bit of a slow read. Too much mundane detail. It can be interesting for someone new to this genre.

I enjoyed most of this book. At times it became too much for and I couldn’t understand what was all going on. I thought the book would be based on the three girls and not solely on the history of the war, although at times I found that interesting. All in all, it was a part of our history.

While this story has been amply documented in Dutch, this book shows the level of dedication, bravery and scruples that resistance required during the German occupation. These 3 teenagers did it all, from covertly distributing anti German leaflets, to assisting Jewish and political fugitives to, ultimately, taking the war to the enemy thru assassination and sabotage.This book focuses on the facts, and is well documented with secondary sources, most written well after the war. It touches on what must of been the enormous psychological strain this must have take over 5 years of occupation. Especially in such a small and settled country as the Netherlands where there were few hinterlands to hide in ( as France has in the maquis).Sadly it also details how the attempt was made, as the war wound down, to rein in and ultimately whitewash the activities of the most active and politicized the these resistance workers in favour of a more hazy view of history that benefits many of those that tended to sit on the sidelines until it was obvious that the Nazis were the losing side.Well worth the read, doesn’t require much besides the basics of WWII - and perhaps a glance at the map to understand the physical distances and geography of the Haarlem/Amsterdam area. Sad to think most of these hero’s have now passed on.

So many women whose life wasn't the a excluded from history, glad to see it's being told now, hopefully there are more books written about the women who resisted the Nazis.