Mata Hari

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Ma·ta Ha·ri (mä

här

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) Originally Margaretha Geertruida Zelle. 1876-1917.

Dutch spy. A professional dancer in Paris after 1905, she apparently spied for Germany during World War I and was arrested and executed by the French.

Mata Hari [ˈmɑːtə ˈhɑːrɪ]

(Biographies / Mata Hari (1876-1917) F, Dutch, DANCE: dancer, CRIME AND POLICING: spy) real name Gertrud Margarete Zelle. 1876-1917, Dutch dancer in France, who was executed as a German spy in World War I

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Mata Hari - Dutch dancer who was executed by the French as a German spy in World War I (1876-1917)

Margarete Gertrud Zelle

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