Eve Hall
Eve Hall was a French-born South African anti-apartheid activist, gypsy journalist, and development worker. She lived at Matumi, Nelspruit, South Africa, with her husband, Tony Hall.
Early life
Eve Steinhardt was born in Paris to an Austrian Jewish father and a German mother. WWII broke out while her father was visiting South Africa. Her mother, Elise, refused to pin the yellow star on her half-Jewish daughter's clothes. Eve's paternal aunt and grandmother were both murdered during the Holocaust, the latter died in Treblinka. She and her mother went to reunite with Eve's father in South Africa after the war. She attended Witwatersrand University and Reading University, where she became an M.A. graduate. Eve and Tony Hall met at Witwatersrand University and together became gypsy journalists and development workers. The couple married and had three sons Philip, Andy, and Christopher.In 1964, Eve and Tony Hall and their three sons were banned from returning to South Africa as listed members of proscribed organizations.