Global InformationTrix Terwindt information
Trix Terwindt | |
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| Born | February 27, 1911 Arnhem, Netherlands |
| Died | April 7, 1987 (aged 76) Oegstgeest, Netherlands |
| Citizenship | Dutch |
| Years active | 1940 – 1945 |
| Organization | MI9 |
| Known for | Netherlands Resistance |
| Parent(s) | Constant Terwindt (Father) Albertina de Muelenaere (Mother) |
Beatrice Wilhelmina Marie Albertina (Trix) Terwindt ( b. Arnhem, Netherlands, 27 February 1911 – Oegstgeest, Netherlands, 7 April 1987) was in 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.