Freddie is fourteen years old when World War II breaks out. Her mother has been taking in and hiding Jews fleeing Hitler's Germany for several years. After witnessing with her own eyes how they are being loaded onto trucks and taken to an unknown destination, Freddie also joins the resistance movement. "Silence is golden, speech is treason," Frans repeatedly reminds her. She is not allowed to tell anyone, not even her mother, about her life-threatening actions against the German occupier. This involves more than just distributing leaflets or providing courier services. But working in the resistance takes its toll. Who else can she trust?
Resistance is a poignant Dutch novel about betrayal and trust, loyalty and love. While writing the book, author Wilma Geldof interviewed Freddie Oversteegen, then 91, several times, who in her teens, together with her sister Truus, was also actually active in a resistance group. (taken from the main page of Miš Publishing House)