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Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod ( née Zelle, Dutch: [mɑrɣaːˈreːtaː ɣeːrˈtrœydaː ˈzɛlə]; 7 August 1876 – 15 October 1917), better known by the stage name Mata Hari ( / ˈmɑːtə ˈhɑːri / MAH-tə HAR-ee, Dutch: [ˈmaːtaː ˈhaːri]; Indonesian for 'sun', lit. 'eye of the day' ), was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was ...
3 days ago · 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 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.
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...
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.
Apr 2, 2014 · Mata Hari 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.
With the outbreak of World War I, Mata Hari's cross-border liaisons with German political and military figures came to the attention of the French secret police and she was placed under surveillance.
Oct 24, 2017 · Mata Hari’s prosecutor in her court martial, Pierre Bouchardon, focused not on her deeds, but on her character: she was liberated, licentious, international, prone to rewriting her past.
Aug 5, 2016 · Once Europe’s most prominent striptease performer, Dutch dancer Mata Hari was executed by a French firing squad after she was found guilty of spying for the Germans during World War I.
Oct 15, 2017 · Was one of the most famous spies of the 20th century a siren or a scapegoat? A century after her execution in Paris on Oct. 15, 1917, researchers are dismantling some of the myths about her life.