These two posts were next to each other in my morning FB feed. One is from Dissent Pins and the other is from the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force. Other than the fact that my FB feed is a bit schizophrenic, the other takeaway here is that maybe sometimes truth really is stranger than fiction.
WWII RESISTANCE FIGHTER WHO HELPED DOWNED ALLIED PILOTS….AUDREY HEPBURN…
Most people know her as a film actress, but she worked with the resistance groups during the war to defeat the Nazis. The 15-year-old Hepburn delivered a resistance newspaper. “I stuffed them in my woolen socks in my wooden shoes, got on my bike and delivered them,” she said. Paper was in short supply, you see, so each edition was printed on paper smaller than a napkin. Hepburn’s age and ability to speak English made her uniquely qualified to avoid suspicion. If that wasn’t enough, she would also walk through the woods, giving secret messages to paratroopers and guidance to those in need of shelter since she spoke English. In one instance she was almost caught by a German soldier but was able to play to her “innocence” and began picking wildflowers that she handed to him, and he sent her on her way. WE SALUTE THE BRAVERY OF AUDREY HEPBURN.
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Which is truth and which is fiction?
You make the call!