WWII French Jewish spy recounts operations inside Nazi Germany [video 83min]
As a member of the French First Army intelligence service during WWII, Marthe Cohn made many covert trips inside Nazi Germany. During this video presentation, she recounts her missions as a French Jewish spy and describes how she disguised herself as a young nurse searching for her fiancé in order to find information about German troop movements. After the presentation, the author answers questions from members of an audience from the Washington DC Jewish Community Center. Cohn lives in Palo Verdes, California. In 2005, she was awarded the title of Chevalier de l’Ordre de la Légion d’Honneur.
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