Bep Stenger | |
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Born | |
Died | 13 November 2016 Dongen, the Netherlands | (aged 94)
Occupation(s) | Aid worker, resistance member |
Elisabeth Pieternella Maria "Bep" Stenger (30 July 1922 – 13 November 2016) was a Dutch aid worker with the Red Cross in Surabaya, the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia). During World War II, she became involved in the resistance against the Japanese when her father, an officer of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL), became a prisoner of war following the Dutch East Indies campaign.[1]