Artist Evelyn Leigh Dastmalchian on Spy Truus Oversteegen.

Format:

Video

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women spies.

Anti-Nazi movement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (4 minutes)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Look What SHE Did!, 2023.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

No one suspected 16-year-old Truus Oversteegen of being an assassin and spy. Inspired by her mother's communist activism, Truus believed in fighting injustice from a young age. When WWII broke out in Holland, she was recruited by the Dutch resistance to "liquidate" Nazis. Joined by her younger sister Freddie Oversteegen and a young Hannie Schaft, the trio used their girlish charms to flirt with nazis and lure them to their deaths. While Truus and her sister evaded Nazi suspicion, their comrade Hannie Schaft was captured and killed shortly before the war ended. With the war over but the trauma lingering, Truus turned to art as an outlet for her pain, creating a bronze sculpture in honor of her deceased friend. Watch as muralist Evelyn Leigh Dastmalchian pays homage to her personal hero.

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Title from resource description page (viewed April 15, 2024).

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