Audrey Hepburn and the Dutch resistance
During the occupation of the Netherlands, teenage Audrey Hepburn studied ballet and lived in the Arnhem area. Biographer Robert Matzen says she took part in secret dance evenings that raised money for the resistance and carried messages. However, Airborne Museum Hartenstein reported in 2016 that its research found no evidence of her involvement in the underground network, and Dutch public broadcaster NOS reported these doubts. The courier story therefore should not be presented as an undisputed fact; the accounts of benefit dance performances are also contested across sources.
Claims of Hepburn’s resistance activity remain disputed and incompletely substantiated.
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