mata hari

     

An exotic dancer & WWI secret agent, her name is a synonym for a seductive female spy

Trivia about mata hari

  • This spy came a long way from her origins as the daughter of a Dutch hatter
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Orient Express.) This dancer who traveled Europe on the train aroused suspicion by her affair with the chief of the Kaiser Secret Service and was later executed as a spy
  • Born in the Netherlands, she was executed as a German spy in 1917
  • The name of this woman who was executed at Vincennes in 1917 became a synonym for a seductive spy
  • There's a restaurant named for this seductive spy in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, her birthplace
  • She's the World War I spyseen here
  • Someone spied this dancer saying, "Life is an illusion" as she prepared to meet the firing squad
  • It was WWI. Her new name meant "eye of the dawn" & she felt reborn. Oh, how she loved German military men!
  • Maybe working as a double agent for France & Germany wasn't a good idea; she was executed on Oct. 15, 1917
  • Britannica says this WWI spy was "willing to appear virtually nude in public"--can't wait to see her dance in Vegas
  • It was no Dutch treat when this Dutch-born dancer was shot by a firing squad in Vincennes in 1917
  • She dumped her husband around 1902 & embarked on a life of lustful liaisons, nearly-nude dancing & spying
  • You were a French spy in WWI Belgium, but didn't tell 'em you were working for Germany, too; lady, that'll get you snuffed