PrincessAlice,mother-in-lawofQueenElizabethⅡoftheUnitedKingdom,wasborndeaf.ShemarriedPrinceAndrewofGreecein1903.AftertheoutbreakofWorldWarⅡ,theGermansoccupiedGreece.PrincessAlicestayedinAthenswhiletheGreekroyalfamilywereinexileinSouthAfrica.
DuringtheGermanoccupation,PrincessAlicehidinherhomeJewsseekingtoevadethedeathcamps.ThereweretimeswhentheGermansbecamesuspicious,andshewaseveninterviewedbytheGestapo.Usingherdeafness,shepretendednottounderstandtheirquestionsuntiltheyleftheralone.Asshehadtwosons-in-lawfightingontheGermanside,oneGermangeneralcametoherandasked,"IsthereanythingIcandoforyou?"Shereplied,"Youcantakeyourtroopsoutofmycountry."
愛麗絲公主是英國女王伊麗莎白二世的婆婆，天生失聰，一九○三年和希臘王子安德魯結婚。第二次世界大戰爆發後，德軍侵佔希臘。愛麗絲公主留在雅典，希臘王室則流亡南非。
希臘遭佔領期間，愛麗絲公主讓逃避死亡集中營的猶太人躲在她家裏。德國人有時起疑，蓋世太保甚至找她問話。愛麗絲公主以失聰作掩飾，假裝不明白他們的問題，蓋世太保終於不再煩她了。由於愛麗絲公主有兩個女婿為德國打仗，一個德軍將領登門問她：「有什麼事要我效勞嗎？」她回答：「勞煩你把軍隊撤出我國吧。」