Hey everyone, Sebastian here.

Before we get going today, I just wanted all of the listeners to know that today's

episode of Our Fake History is going to feature some fairly frank discussions of sex and

sexuality.

We will also be touching on difficult topics like domestic violence and harm that comes

to children.

So if you're listening with younger listeners or this is just not something you want to

hear, then you may want to skip over this episode.

For everyone else, I hope you enjoy the show.

In the early morning hours of October 15th, 1917, a woman imprisoned in a small Parisian

jail cell was shaken awake by two nuns.

She had been awaiting execution for just over two months after she'd been found guilty

in a French military court of espionage.

The prosecutors had convinced a tribunal of seven military judges that during the height

of the First World War, this woman had been spying for the Germans.

Further, it was suggested that the information that she had passed to the enemies of France

may have resulted in the deaths of thousands of soldiers at the front lines.

In 1917, the industrial carnage of the Great War was pushing French society to a breaking

point.

Before the war was over, an estimated 1.4 million French soldiers would die in the fighting.

Millions more would sustain life-altering wounds.

The trenches of the Western Front cut through French soil.

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