Osdorp in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands — Northwestern Europe
Geertruida van Lier
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 16, 2024
1. Geertruida van Lier Marker
Utrecht, 22 april 1921 - Sachsenhausen, 27 oktober 1943
Rechtenstudent Truus van Lier was lid van de verzetsgroep CS-6. Ze smokkelde wapens, verspreidde illegale bladen, bracht Joodse mensen naar onderduikadressen, infiltreerde bij de NSB en speurde bij vliegbasis Soesterberg naar waardevolle informatie. Op 3 september 1943 schoot ze de Utrechtse NSB-hoofdcommissaris Gerard Kerlen dood. Van Lier dook onder in Haarlem, maar werd na verraad anderhalve week later opgepakt en vervolgens gefussileerd. Voor haar ouderlijk huis aan de Prins Hendriklaan in Utrecht staat een informatiebord en liggen twee struikelstenen. Een voor Truus van Lier en een voor haar moeder Derkje van Lier-Wensink, die na een bezoek aan haar gevangengenomen dochter werd opgepakt. Zij bezweek begin 1945 in vrouwenkamp Ravensbrόck. Truus' Joodse vader Wim en zus Wilhelmina (Miek), die ook in het verzet zat, overleefden de oorlog.
Law student Truus van Lier was a member of the resistance group CS-6. She smuggled weapons, distributed illegal publications, accompanied Jewish people into hiding places, infiltrated the Nationaal Socialistische Beweging (=Dutch Nazi Party) and searched for valuable information at Soesterberg air base. On September 3, 1943, she shot dead Utrecht NSB chief commissioner Gerard Kerlen. Van Lier went into hiding in Haarlem, but was arrested a week and a half later after betrayal and subsequently executed. There is a historical marker and two stumbling stones (= a type of memorial) in front of her parental home on Prins Hendriklaan in Utrecht, one for Truus van Lier and one for her mother Derkje van Lier-Wensink, who was arrested after a visit to her imprisoned daughter and then died in early 1945 in the Ravensbrόck women's concentration camp. Truus' Jewish father Wim and sister Wilhelmina (Miek), who was also in the resistance, survived the war.
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Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World II • Women. In addition, it is included in the Give Streets a Face / Geef Straten Een Gezicht, and the Heroes of the Dutch Resistance (GSEG) series lists. A significant historical date for this entry is October 27, 1943.
Location. 52° 21.115′ N, 4° 46.945′ E. Memorial is in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (North Holland). It is in Osdorp. It is at the intersection of Geertruida van Lierstraat and Lodewijk van Duurenstraat, on the left when traveling north on Geertruida van Lierstraat. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Geertruida van Lierstraat 56, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland 1069 PB, Netherlands. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in Europe, the European Union, Atlantic Europe, the Benelux Low Countries, the Schengen Area, Western Europe, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire and specifically also the Holy Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Lodewijk van Duuren (here, next to this marker); Jan Peppink
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 16, 2024
2. Geertruida van Lier Marker - wide view
Also see . . .
1. Truus van Lier (Wikipedia, in Dutch). (Submitted on May 15, 2024.)
2. Lier, Geertruida van (1921-1943) (Huygens Instituut, in Dutch). (Submitted on May 15, 2024.)
Credits. This page was last revised on May 15, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 15, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 206 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 15, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
