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Truus Menger-Oversteegen (Schoten, 29 August 1923 – Grootebroek, 18 June 2016) was a Dutch sculptor and painter. [1] 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 .
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.
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.
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
Truus Hennipman, (born 1943), Dutch sprinter; Truus Kerkmeester (1921–1990), Dutch swimmer; Truus Klapwijk (1904–1991), Dutch diver and swimmer; Truus Looijs (born 1946), Dutch swimmer; Truus Menger-Oversteegen (1923–2016), member of the Dutch resistance during World War II, sculptor and painter; Truus van der Plaat, Dutch track and road ...
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Violette Reine Elizabeth Szabo, GC (née Bushell; 26 June 1921 – c. 5 February 1945) was a British-French Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent during the Second World War and a posthumous recipient of the George Cross.
] Truus met the other members of the cast - her six "sisters" (including English actress Betty Balfour) and Willy Fritsch as Count Horkay. [5] Fritsch was very well known and handsome, and Truus fell in love with him on the spot. [2] Truus had to quickly get used to being made up and going through wardrobe, then finding her place on the sets.