Helena Suzanna van Hall (April 28, 1907 – July 1978) was a Dutch dancer. She was born in

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, the younger sister of sculptor Frits van Hall. In 1932, she married . Van Hall had a dance studio in

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, performed there and also toured England, Switzerland and Tunisia. The couple grew apart: in part because of the demands of her career and in part because of his affair with their

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. They divorced in 1938. She was involved in the Dutch resistance during

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with her lover Gerrit Jan van der Veen. In 1944, she was arrested and convicted of manufacturing false identification, robbery and other offences; she was sent to Herzogenbusch, Ravensbrück, and finally Dachau

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. Van Hall was liberated in April 1945. After her release, she was taken in by Koos Schregardus and was given a position in the publishing company . Schregardus and van Hall published books about Gerrit van der Veen and Frits van Hall. Van Hall also did some translation for ''De Spieghel'', including a Dutch version of

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's book ''The Secret Path''. She died in

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at the age of 71.

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