A name, written in daffodils, looks like a delayed Valentine’s present. However it is every-thing but that. (Catharijne-singel 81)
It is a homage of the Utrecht inhabitant Tommie Hendriks to Truus van Lier, a resistance hero in World War II.
In those days the NSB Head Chief Constable Kerlen was preparing a razzia in Utrecht and for that, and other crimes, Truus van Lier shot him in the Willemsplantsoen, the public garden across the water where the daffodils are planted.
This happened on 3 September 1943.
She was arrested and brought to concentration camp Sachsenhausen where she has been executed at 27 Oktober of the same year.
Truus was a cousin of Trui van Lier and both cousins played an important role in the resistance during the war.
Truus studied law in Utrecht but became a member of the resistance group CS-6 in Amsterdam (which may stand for Correlistraat 6 where the meetings were held) .
Trui saved during four years about 150 judish children in a kind of hiding (onderduik-) creche called Kindjeshaven.
It is a homage of the Utrecht inhabitant Tommie Hendriks to Truus van Lier, a resistance hero in World War II.
In those days the NSB Head Chief Constable Kerlen was preparing a razzia in Utrecht and for that, and other crimes, Truus van Lier shot him in the Willemsplantsoen, the public garden across the water where the daffodils are planted.
This happened on 3 September 1943.
She was arrested and brought to concentration camp Sachsenhausen where she has been executed at 27 Oktober of the same year.
Truus was a cousin of Trui van Lier and both cousins played an important role in the resistance during the war.
Truus studied law in Utrecht but became a member of the resistance group CS-6 in Amsterdam (which may stand for Correlistraat 6 where the meetings were held) .
Trui saved during four years about 150 judish children in a kind of hiding (onderduik-) creche called Kindjeshaven.
And every year the daffodils come up and write the name of Truus till they wilt (verwelken), waiting for the next year.
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