Tag: Truus
Truus (92) finds his way home via yellow footsteps
Halfway through the route, when Truus should actually turn around, she walks straight into the center. Supervisor Luuk does not care that Truus deviates from the route and calmly walks…
In addition to Truus van Lier, niece Trui van Lier will now also receive a flower monument for acts of resistance
On November 13, Trui’s birthday, the flower bulbs are planted in front of the monument. A total of three thousand hyacinth bulbs are planted in the ground. The flower bulbs…
Stumbling stone for mother of Utrecht resistance heroine Truus van Lier
Utrecht – Derkje van Lier-Wensink, the mother of the Utrecht resistance heroine Truus van Lier, gets a stumbling stone. The stone in memory of Van Lier-Wensink will be placed in…
Statue Truus van Lier unveiled: ‘Her generosity at a young age, very special’
“I find her heroism that she had at this young age very special,” continues Overheul. “She was only 22 years old when she died. And all those things she has…
Statue Truus van Lier almost finished: ‘We like to think that we would have been just as heroic ourselves’
At the end of November, the municipality announced that the Utrecht resistance heroine Truus van Lier will be given an official monument. There is already a street named after her…
Book about Truus van Lier from Utrecht: why did the girl with the ‘forget-me-not eyes’ shoot an NSB member?
The story about the half-Jewish Van Lier is startling. She came from a wealthy family and lived next door to the Rietveld Schröder House. In 1940 she started studying law…
Podcast Wielaert takes on: the serious dilemmas of Truus van Lier and the scoop of the Vuelta song
She delved into documentation from the NIOD and the Utrecht Archives. And allowed herself the freedom to reconstruct Truus van Lier’s story with dialogues and all. She explains: ‘I thought:…
Artist Joyce Overheul designs monument for Truus van Lier
During the war, Truus van Lier delivered illegal newspapers, messages and weapons. She also helped Jews to hiding places and she infiltrated the NSB and Wehrmacht in Amersfoort. On September…