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Two weeks after Mata Hari had left Paris for a trip to Madrid, the Germans executed the double agent while the five others continued their operations. This development proved to the Second Bureau that Mata Hari had communicated the names of the six spies to the Germans.
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 Germans during World War II.
On the morning of 15 October 1917 a grey military vehicle left the Saint-Lazare prison in central Paris. On board, accompanied by two nuns and her lawyer, was a 41-year-old Dutch woman in...
Oct 15, 2017 · After the execution, no-one came to claim Mata Hari's body. So it was delivered to the school of medicine in Paris where it was used for lessons in dissection. Her head was preserved at the...
Oct 13, 2017 · Executed 100 years ago, the exotic dancer broke the rules in the early 20th century. But did that cost her her life? By Pat Shipman. October 13, 2017. • 20 min read. Even at the very...
Oct 13, 2017 · Sunday 15 October marks the centenary of the execution of Madame MacLeod, neé Margaretha Zelle, best known as Mata Hari. A Dutch dancer, in the early twentieth century she was considered one...
Oct 11, 2024 · The French began to suspect Mata Hari of duplicity, and on February 13, 1917, she was arrested and imprisoned in Paris. Officials blamed her espionage activities on Germany’s behalf for the death of up to 50,000 French soldiers, though there was no evidence to support that allegation.
