Mata Hari
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Promiscuous, flirtatious, and openly flaunting her body, Mata Hari captivated her audiences and was an overnight success from the debut of her act at the Musée Guimet on 13 March 1905. [17] She became the long-time mistress of the millionaire industrialist Émile Étienne Guimet, who had founded the Musée.
Jun 20, 2024 · Mata Hari (born August 7, 1876, Leeuwarden, Netherlands—died October 15, 1917, Vincennes, near Paris, France) was a Dutch dancer and courtesan whose name has become a synonym for the seductive female spy. She was shot by the French on charges of spying for Germany during World War I.
Nov 24, 2009 · Mata Hari, the dancer and spy, is executed for espionage by a French firing squad outside of Paris. She was accused of acting as a double agent for the French and...
In the early-morning hours of October 15, Mata Hari was awakened and taken by car from her Paris prison cell to an army barracks on the city's outskirts where she was to meet her fate. "I am ready." Henry Wales was a British reporter who covered the execution. We join his story as Mata Hari is awakened in the early morning of October 15.
Oct 13, 2017 · Margaretha Zelle, a.k.a. “Mata Hari,” an exotic dancer and convicted spy, met her end at age 41 at the hands of a firing squad outside Paris 100 years ago on Oct. 15, 1917.
Nov 27, 2021 · Mata Hari, the archetype of the seductive female spy, was a professional dancer and mistress who became a spy for France during World War I. Suspected of being a double agent, she was executed in 1917 under charges of espionage for Germany.
Oct 13, 2017 · Mata Hari in 1906, soon after the Dutchwoman reinvented herself as an exotic dancer. Inspired by dances she had seen in the Dutch East Indies, she took a stage name that means “eye of the day” in...
Apr 2, 2014 · Mata Hari was a professional dancer and mistress who accepted an assignment to spy for France in 1916. Hired by army captain Georges Ladoux, agreeing to pass military information gleaned from...
Oct 24, 2017 · It’s exactly a century since Mata Hari was executed by a French firing squad, having been convicted of spying for Germany.
Oct 20, 2017 · On October 15 1917, Margaretha “Margreet” Zelle — better known as the oriental dancer Mata Hari — was executed by the French as a German spy. Today Mata Hari is more a byword than a person.
