Helena Suzanna van Hall (April 28, 1907 - July 1978) was a Dutch dancer.
She was born in The Hague, the younger sister of sculptor Frits van Hall.[1] In 1932, she married . Van Hall had a dance studio in Paris, 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 au pair. They divorced in 1938.[2]
She was involved in the Dutch resistance during World War II with her lover Gerrit Jan van der Veen.[3] In 1944, she was arrested and convicted of manufacturing false identification, robbery and other offences; she was sent to Herzogenbusch, Ravensbrück, and finally Dachau concentration camp. Van Hall was liberated in April 1945.[1]
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 Paul Brunton's book The Secret Path.[4]
She died in Saint-Cybranet at the age of 71.[5]