Who is Fake Ploeg from The Assault and what is their importance? The_Assault English & Literature Fake Ploeg | The Assault

Fake Ploeg is the Chief Inspector of Police in Haarlem during the war. Fake works closely with the Germans, often torturing the Resistance hostages that come through his jail. Anton knows that Fake is a cruel man, but it is not until he meets Cor Takes that he learns just how cruel he truly was. Fake Ploeg is killed by Takes and his girlfriend, Truus Coster, as he bicycles through the quay in Haarlem on his way home one evening. Fake falls in front of the Korteweg house, but they move him out of fear of their house burning down. Fake's body ends up in front of the Steenwijk home, causing the deaths of Anton's mother, father, and brother, Peter.