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Mildred Elizabeth Gillars (née Sisk; November 29, 1900 – June 25, 1988) [1] was an American broadcaster employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate Axis propaganda during World War II. Following her capture in post-war Berlin, Gillars became the first woman to be convicted of treason against the United States. [2]
Jun 22, 2024 · Mildred Gillars (born Nov. 29, 1900, Portland, Maine, U.S.—died June 25, 1988, Columbus, Ohio) was an American citizen who was a radio propagandist for the Nazi government during World War II. Gillars was an aspiring actress who played minor parts in some American theatrical touring companies.
Mildred Gillars arrives in the United States to face a grand jury on allegations of treason. Gillars, better known as “Axis Sally,” was an American broadcaster who became a propaganda mouthpiece for the Third Reich in World War II.
Sep 20, 2023 · On September 24, 1948, Mildred Gillars—the notorious American citizen known as “Axis Sally,” who had been living in Germany and broadcasting Nazi radio propaganda during World War II —pleads not...
Nov 23, 2009 · Two American women competed for the soldiers’ fantasies: Mildred Gillars, a middle-aged former showgirl from Ohio, broadcast from Berlin; the other, a cross-eyed 30-year-old New Yorker with a honeyed voice named Rita Zucca, broadcast from Rome.
Nov 6, 2023 · An American woman living in Germany during World War II, Mildred Gillars hosted several radio programs under the nickname "Axis Sally" as part of a Nazi propaganda effort to demoralize Allied troops. She later became the first woman ever convicted of treason by the United States.
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Mildred Elizabeth Gillars. Convicted American traitor Mildred Gillars (1900–1988) was a radio personality who became famous during World War II for her propaganda broadcasts for Radio Berlin in Germany.
Jul 2, 1988 · Mildred E. Gillars, nicknamed Axis Sally by American soldiers in World War II for her Nazi propaganda radio broadcasts, died of cancer of the colon last Saturday at Grant Medical Center...
Jul 1, 1988 · Mildred Gillars, known during World War II as Axis Sally for her propaganda broadcasts for Nazi Germany, has died. She was 87. Ms. Gillars, who died Saturday, had moved here after her release...
Gillars, Mildred E. (1900–1988) American-born radio personality who was convicted of wartime treason for broadcasting Nazi propaganda from Germany during World War II.
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