Born in Netherlands, to Dutch parents, penniless Margaretha MacLeod was forced into brutal marriage with Officer who took her to the Dutch colony of Indonesia. There she came into contact with traditional dancing. 1910 pics colourized by Olga Shirnia (1/4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata_Hari 
Born in Netherlands, to Dutch parents, penniless Margaretha MacLeod was forced into brutal marriage with Officer who took her to the Dutch colony of Indonesia. There she came into contact with traditional dancing. 1910 pics colourized by Olga Shirnia (1/4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata_Hari 
Born in Netherlands, to Dutch parents, penniless Margaretha MacLeod was forced into brutal marriage with Officer who took her to the Dutch colony of Indonesia. There she came into contact with traditional dancing. 1910 pics colourized by Olga Shirnia (1/4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata_Hari 
Born in Netherlands, to Dutch parents, penniless Margaretha MacLeod was forced into brutal marriage with Officer who took her to the Dutch colony of Indonesia. There she came into contact with traditional dancing. 1910 pics colourized by Olga Shirnia (1/4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata_Hari 
Returning to France she worked in a circus and in 1904 found fame as an exotic dancer. A decade later she had many powerful friends and during #WWI, was able to move between the warring nations of France and Germany through neutral countries since she was a Dutch citizen. (2/4)
Returning to France she worked in a circus and in 1904 found fame as an exotic dancer. A decade later she had many powerful friends and during #WWI, was able to move between the warring nations of France and Germany through neutral countries since she was a Dutch citizen. (2/4)
Returning to France she worked in a circus and in 1904 found fame as an exotic dancer. A decade later she had many powerful friends and during #WWI, was able to move between the warring nations of France and Germany through neutral countries since she was a Dutch citizen. (2/4)
Returning to France she worked in a circus and in 1904 found fame as an exotic dancer. A decade later she had many powerful friends and during #WWI, was able to move between the warring nations of France and Germany through neutral countries since she was a Dutch citizen. (2/4)
Pictures taken #OTD Feb 13 1917 of Mata Hari's arrest at Hotel Elysée Palace on Champs Elysées in Paris. She was a suspected German spy codenamed Agent H-21. A little after 5:30 AM on Oct 15 1917, she refused a blind fold and was shot by a firing squad of 12 French officers (3/4)
Pictures taken #OTD Feb 13 1917 of Mata Hari's arrest at Hotel Elysée Palace on Champs Elysées in Paris. She was a suspected German spy codenamed Agent H-21. A little after 5:30 AM on Oct 15 1917, she refused a blind fold and was shot by a firing squad of 12 French officers (3/4)
Pictures taken #OTD Feb 13 1917 of Mata Hari's arrest at Hotel Elysée Palace on Champs Elysées in Paris. She was a suspected German spy codenamed Agent H-21. A little after 5:30 AM on Oct 15 1917, she refused a blind fold and was shot by a firing squad of 12 French officers (3/4)
Pictures taken #OTD Feb 13 1917 of Mata Hari's arrest at Hotel Elysée Palace on Champs Elysées in Paris. She was a suspected German spy codenamed Agent H-21. A little after 5:30 AM on Oct 15 1917, she refused a blind fold and was shot by a firing squad of 12 French officers (3/4)
Some of the records concerning her trial and execution were sealed by the French government for 100 years, only being published in 2017. Washington Post’s Rachel Siege reports these documents have largely exonerated her (4/4) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/revisiting-myth-mata-hari-sultry-spy-government-scapegoat-180967013/
Some of the records concerning her trial and execution were sealed by the French government for 100 years, only being published in 2017. Washington Post’s Rachel Siege reports these documents have largely exonerated her (4/4) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/revisiting-myth-mata-hari-sultry-spy-government-scapegoat-180967013/
Some of the records concerning her trial and execution were sealed by the French government for 100 years, only being published in 2017. Washington Post’s Rachel Siege reports these documents have largely exonerated her (4/4) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/revisiting-myth-mata-hari-sultry-spy-government-scapegoat-180967013/
Some of the records concerning her trial and execution were sealed by the French government for 100 years, only being published in 2017. Washington Post’s Rachel Siege reports these documents have largely exonerated her (4/4) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/revisiting-myth-mata-hari-sultry-spy-government-scapegoat-180967013/
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