Audrey Hepburn's Secret Past: New Book Reveals How She Risked Her Life to Fight Against Nazis

MSN Entertainment/People Magazine ^ | April 3, 2019 | Liz McNeil

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Hepburn also was asked to deliver the local Resistance newspaper, a forbidden publication in Nazi occupied Holland. According to Matzen, the star once described having to “step in and deliver our tiny underground newspaper. I stuffed them in my woolen socks in my wooden shoes, got on my bike, and delivered them.”

[Lurker]

A brave and classy woman.

Thanks,

L

[Diana in Wisconsin]

And we thought we loved Audrey, already? WOW!

Another favorite book recommendation in the same vein is:

“In My Hands’ by Irene Gut Opdyke. Similar heroine (Polish Jew) who hid people in the basement of a home she shared with her Nazi officer ‘boyfriend!’

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Gut_Opdyke

[litehaus]

I’m fond of Hedy.....Beauty and brains....

At the beginning of World War II, she and composer George Antheil developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes that used spread spectrum and frequency hopping technology to defeat the threat of jamming by the Axis powers.[6] Although the US Navy did not adopt the technology until the 1960s,[7] the principles of their work are incorporated into Bluetooth technology and are similar to methods used in legacy versions of CDMA and Wi-Fi.[8][9][10] This work led to their induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2014.[6][11]

[Gamecock]

She was a delicate flower.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Yes! Another Heroine, in my book.

[notaliberal]

Too bad today Hollywood is filled with communists and degenerates.

[max americana]

beautiful, tough and smart. That’s why Spielberg said she was the only actress he had to beg just for a role in Always..

[Diana in Wisconsin]

[sparklite2]

[leaning conservative]

I read recently that eating tulips helped her not to starve to death. Amazing & elegant woman......

[irishjuggler]

Heroic Hollywood actresses...

1942 - Sabotaging Nazis, aiding distressed allied pilots.
2019 - Tweeting in favor of abortion, calling for boycotts against states that seek to prevent infanticide.

They don't make 'em like they used to, do they?

And, btw, women like Audrey H. were much hotter, too, despite (or perhaps because of) the lack of surgical enhancements.

[PrairieLady2]

Quite a contrast between Hepburn and Soros during that era.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Indeed.

[Roccus]

What an amazing creature.
Fell in love with her in “War and Peace” and went absolutely bonkers over her in “Two for the Road” (which I think was her best film)

[Rummyfan]

Always loved Audrey Hepburn. She and Sophia Loren are my favorites.

[Rummyfan]

Is that Hedley? Or Hedy?

[mick]

WHEN HOLLYWOOD WAS MADE OF STERNER STUFF!

It’s often been noted that the problem with Hollywood is the inbred nepotism that promotes family members of existing big shots rather than bringing in real people with real lives outside of tinsel town. Compare today’s deracinated personalities with the authentic and rooted men and woman of the past like Audrey Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart and so many others who lived real lives and could bring that emotional connection to their work.

[dfwgator]

The Nazis basically tried to starve the Dutch population in the winter of 1944, The Netherlands wasn’t totally liberated until VE Day.

[Hardastarboard]

Fat little thing, huh?