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Marthe Cohn, a Wartime Jewish Nurse Who Spied for the French, Dies at 105
Fluent in German and passing as an Aryan, she once crossed into Germany, uncovered Nazi military secrets and nursed a wounded ...
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Marthe Cohn, a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany, Dies at 105
As a child, Stephan Cohn was often sent from his home in Pittsburgh to France in the summer, to spend time with his mother Marthe’s family. Once in the early 1970s, when he was about 12, his uncle ...
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She spied on the Nazis and kept it secret for decades; now, at age 100, a documentary tells California woman's story - The Mercury News
Cohn changed her mind when her brother contracted Parkinson’s Disease in 1996. “I decided I owed that to him,” said Cohn of her brother, who died in 2001. “So in 1998 I finally decided to ...
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Marthe Cohn, French Jewish secret agent who posed as a nurse in wartime Germany
Marthe Cohn, who has died aged 105, was born into an Orthodox Jewish family in France; she survived the Holocaust, and after the liberation of Paris in 1944 she joined the French First Army ...
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WWII spy Marthe Cohn, 99, to share stories of working behind German lines in CWRU talk
Marthe Cohn didn’t think twice when she was recruited as a spy in 1944. The French Jewish woman had seen so many in her family and community killed and suffering at the hands of the Nazis.
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Jewish History Month: Marthe Cohn, Holocaust survivor who kept spy identity secret for years, reflects on Russian invasion - ABC7 Los Angeles
Marthe Cohn of Palos Verdes was a spy during World War II and went behind enemy lines into Germany for the French army. The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine has 102-year-old Marthe Cohn of ...
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French Jewish spy at 99: ‘I’m still fighting the same battles every day’ - Press Herald
Marthe Cohn is coming to Portland to tell how she infiltrated World War II Germany for the Free French Forces. Sign in or Subscribe See Offers. Sign In: Login. Forgot password?
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An unlikely spy, Marthe Cohn risked life to help Allied cause
Marthe Cohn, 97, tells how she became a spy in Germany during World War II. The French government has recognized her with, among other awards, Medaille of the Reconnaissance de la Nation in 2006.
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Marthe Cohn, a Jewish spy in Nazi Germany, dies at 105
Marthe Cohn, a Jewish spy in Nazi Germany, dies at 105. Aided by her blond hair, blue eyes and fluency in German, she crossed enemy lines to spy on Germany for the French.
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She spied on the Nazis and kept it secret for decades; now, at age 100, a documentary tells California woman’s story - East Bay Times
Risking her life for two years as a spy in Nazi Germany, Rancho Palos Verdes resident Marthe Cohn quietly helped win World War II. Her best weapons: Her language skills and her memory. Cohn waited ...
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Marthe Cohn, a Jewish spy in Nazi Germany, dies at 105 - MSN
When she was asked to spy for the French army, Marthe Cohn recalled decades later, she didn’t hesitate before saying yes. It was late 1944, months before the end of World War II in Europe.
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Marthe Cohn, a Jewish spy in Nazi Germany, dies at 105
When she was asked to spy for the French army, Marthe Cohn recalled decades later, she didn’t hesitate before saying yes. It was late 1944, months before the end of World War II in Europe.