
1911–1987
Beatrice Wilhelmina Marie Albertina (Trix) Terwindt (27 February 1911 â 7 April 1987) was a member of the Dutch resistance during World War II.
Beatrice Wilhelmina Marie Albertina (Trix) Terwindt (27 February 1911 â 7 April 1987) was a member of the Dutch resistance during World War II. After escaping from the German-occupied Netherlands, she became an agent of the British MI9 organization. Parachuting back into the Netherlands in February 1943 she was captured by the Germans on her arrival. She was a victim of Englandspiel, the successful counter-intelligence operation of the Germans. She spent the remainder of the war as a prisoner in Ravensbrück and Mauthausen concentration camps. Prior to the war she was one of the first flight attendants of KLM airline and after the war she again became a flight attendant for KLM. Terwindt suffered from mental and physical problems as a result of her two years imprisonment in concentration camps and was a long-term advocate for treatment of former prisoners for survivor syndrome.
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