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Dutch Girl - Audrey Hepburn and World War II (Paperback)
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Dutch Girl - Audrey Hepburn and World War II (Paperback)
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Loot Price R411
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You Save R82 (17%)
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Twenty-five years after her passing, Audrey Hepburn remains the
most beloved of all Hollywood stars, known as much for her role as
UNICEF ambassador as for films like Roman Holiday and Breakfast at
Tiffany's. Several biographies have chronicled her stardom, but
none has covered her intense experiences through five years of Nazi
occupation in the Netherlands. According to her son, Luca Dotti,
"The war made my mother who she was." Audrey Hepburn's war included
participation in the Dutch Resistance, working as a doctor's
assistant during the "Bridge Too Far" battle of Arnhem, the brutal
execution of her uncle, and the ordeal of the Hunger Winter of
1944. She also had to contend with the fact that her father was a
Nazi agent and her mother was pro-Nazi for the first two years of
the occupation. But the war years also brought triumphs as Audrey
became Arnhem's most famous young ballerina. Audrey's own
reminiscences, new interviews with people who knew her in the war,
wartime diaries, and research in classified Dutch archives shed
light on the riveting, untold story of Audrey Hepburn under fire in
World War II. Also included is a section of color and
black-and-white photos. Many of these images are from Audrey's
personal collection and are published here for the first time.
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