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  1. time.com › 5582729How Audrey Hepburn Helped the Dutch Resistance During WWII | TIME

    May 3, 2019 · B iographers and many Dutch people who lived through World War II have doubted the participation of a young Audrey Hepburn in work for the Resistance against the Nazis, saying, “She was just a ...

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  3. www.military.com › history › how-audrey-hepburnHow Audrey Hepburn Aided the Dutch Resistance During World War II

    Apr 11, 2023 · The Nazis toppled the Dutch government when Audrey was only 11 and living in Arnhem. Dutch resistance began early, but ramped up slowly, beginning with workers strikes in 1941. The sentiments of ...

  4. www.denofgeek.com › movies › audrey-hepburn-secretAudrey Hepburn: The Secret WW2 History of a Dutch Resistance ...

    Apr 15, 2021 · The only meaningful interaction she really had with her father was when he drove her to the last proverbial plane out of Britain before the war started. It was December 1939, and Audrey was a shy ...

  5. www.timesofisrael.com › how-hollywood-idol-audreyHow Hollywood idol Audrey Hepburn helped save Dutch Jews ...

    Jun 12, 2019 · Audrey Hepburn at around the time the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands began. (Dotti Collection) In 1957, the stress of a day in Switzerland with Elfriede and Otto Frank is visible on Audrey ...

  6. www.grunge.com › 746343 › how-audrey-hepburnHow Audrey Hepburn Supported Holland's Resistance To Nazi ...

    Jan 25, 2022 · During these traumatizing times, many would have tried to lay low, but Audrey Hepburn reportedly did exactly the opposite. Instead of hiding from her German tormentors, she found a way to help bring them down. According to Showbiz Cheat Sheet, Hepburn joined the Dutch Resistance, which was a movement that defied the current Nazi regime.

  7. www.thevintagenews.com › 2021/05/12 › audrey-hepburnWhen Audrey Hepburn Danced to Help the Dutch Resistance

    May 12, 2021 · The half-decade German forces spent there made a savage impact. As described by author Robert Matzen in his 2019 book, Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II, the young star heard what appeared to be the screams of torture victims coming from a local bank-turned-prison. In the village of Velp, near the city of Arnhem, food was withheld ...

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  9. faroutmagazine.co.uk › how-audrey-hepburn-helpedHow Audrey Hepburn helped the Dutch resistance during WWII

    Sep 5, 2023 · Such events helped to raise money for local musicians, with the funds also being used to support the thousands of Jews in hiding from the Nazis. The first recorded participation in such an event came in 1944, with Hepburn dedicating herself to supporting the Resistance movement. “I did indeed give various underground concerts to raise money ...