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“A Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany” – 101-Year-Old Marthe Cohn’s Incredible True Story

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SpyCast

Education, News, History

4.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Hear an incredible true story. Marthe Cohn was a young Jewish woman who went behind enemy lines into Nazi Germany with a pair of walking shoes, a cover story, and about half a ton of chutzpah. 101-year-old Marthe spoke to Andrew over the phone from her home in Los Angeles.

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Welcome to Spycast. My name is Dr. Andrew Hammond, historian and curator here

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at the International Spy Museum in Washington DC.

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Every week, Spycast explores a world of intelligence and espionage by bringing you in-depth conversations,

1:41.0

spies, spymasters, intelligence officers, and authors.

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We explore the stories, secrets, tradecraft and technology of a world that looms beneath the surface

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of everyday life.

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Welcome to this week's episode of Spycast.

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This week you're going to hear the incredible true story of Martha Cohen.

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Martha was a young Jewish woman who went behind enemy lines into Nazi Germany.

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