Using this doctor’s tote bag, which was always with her because of her profession, ‘Auntie Truus’ could operate as a spy and smuggle weapons and explosives. She was also an important link in an escape route for downed pilots, mostly Canadians. She moved the men disguised as local ‘mine workers’. On top of that, because her movement was not restricted, she was able to report back to the Allies on all sorts of enemy activities. She even gave people who needed a hiding place refuge in her home in the village of Schaesberg. Due to all these heroic acts of resistance she was also called ‘The Angel of Schaesberg’.