Truus Menger-Oversteegen

Truus Menger-Oversteegen (29 August 1923 – 18 June 2016) was a Dutch sculptor and painter.[1] During the Second World War she was a member of the anti-Nazi Dutch armed resistance[2] and performed many resistance activities together with her sister Freddie Oversteegen[3] and Hannie Schaft.[4]

After the war, she married Piet Menger in November 1945 and had four children, the oldest of whom she named after Hannie Schaft.[5] She was regularly a guest speaker at universities and secondary schools about wars, anti-Semitism, tolerance and indifference. In 1982, she wrote a book about her experiences in the war: When not, now not, never.[6]

On 10 May 1967, Yad Vashem recognized her as Righteous Among the Nations.[4] At her 75th birthday in 1998, Menger was invested as an Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau for her services. On 15 April 2014, Truus Menger-Oversteegen received the Mobilization War Cross with her sister from Prime Minister Mark Rutte.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Truus Menger-Oversteegen (1923–2016): a warrior who went on". Socialisme.nu. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Brandon, Pepijn. "Remembering a Dutch Partisan". Jacobin. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Spanjer, Noor. "This 90-Year-Old Lady Seduced and Killed Nazis as a Teenager". Vice. Vice. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  4. 1 2 "The Righteous Among The Nations Menger Family". Yad Vashem. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Oversteegen, Truus (1923–2016)". Huygens. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "In memoriam Truus Menger – Oversteegen". Hannie Schaft. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "World War II resistance heroine dies at 92". Dutch News. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
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