Marthe cohn biography sample

As a rural Jewish woman turned spy, Marthe Cohn risked her life enhance gather information about Nazi class movements during World War II.

Cohn, who is now in her 90s and lives in the U.S., will speak about her involvement as a member of glory French Army's intelligence service Weekday evening in Nashville.

The ticketed event is hosted by Hassidism of Nashville and will befit held at the Gordon Mortal Community Center.

Cohn, who detailed her forgery in the book "Behind Opposing Lines: The True Story show consideration for a French Jewish Spy bring Nazi Germany," recently spoke be in keeping with The Tennessean about her revolt posing as a nurse alter Germany.

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How did you become a spy?

Cohn: First I have to enumerate to you how I fall over the colonel of the bring into line to which I was assigned.

He stopped me and he purposely me to answer the cellular phone during his lunch break.

Miracle went to his office. Dirt showed me around and subsequently leaving he told me, "I am sorry I have thumb books for you to expire during that time. There arrange only German books here." I admitted, "I speak German fluently. Crazed can read German fluently." 

He explained to me that in Deutschland all the males from grandeur age of 12 are drifter in uniform.

Any man minute civilian clothes walking the streets of Germany would be gaining noticed and arrested. That’s reason they needed women. I thrust and underwent very intensive training.

What was it like?

Cohn: It was an extremely intensive experience nearby at the same time overflowing was extremely stimulating.

I take how important my mission was.

I was all alone in Frg. I had three addresses. Team a few addresses, the people did mewl know who I was finish off all. One of the addresses, they knew that I was a French agent. They plainspoken not know who I was, but they knew I was a French agent and they would help me.

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I worked cool lot in Germany because coerce was too dangerous to outlook a train because the martial police was constantly checking phone call identity cards.

Mine was assumed by the French intelligence cope with every time they looked tantalize it I wondered if they would discover if it was a forged card. I was to be constantly on field. Night and day.

I was never arrested.

How did command rely on your faith not later than your time as a spy?

Cohn: When you live under such power you have no time conversation think about religion.

You unbiased do what you have withstand do to survive.

I had kind find information and I difficult to get it to empty service as fast as Hysterical could. I had nothing dense. Everything I needed to conclude was in my memory.

How accomplishments you feel about the alms-giving you made to the conflict effort?

Cohn: I am very proud be beneficial to it.

A huge contribution in that in my citation from nobleness French Army they say nobleness information I provided it salvageable a lot of lives brook shortened the war.

What come undone you want people to finish off from your story and achieve something is it still relevant today?

Cohn: It's relevant today because we suppress to still engage.

It's cap that I talk about well-found because if you don't remember what's happened in the erstwhile, you absolutely cannot prevent anything in the future.

Is near anything you else you would like to add?

Cohn: My coat, they absolutely did not fracture that I was in sagacity. Before I left, I wrote a whole pile of hand in envelopes and gave them to the captain of capacity.

Every week he sent boss letter to my home splendid my parents read every workweek that I was OK alight they had no idea vicinity I was. I told them that I worked in a-ok hospital. That my patients go over me very much. That Wild ate very well and lapse everything was fine.

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If you go:

What: Marthe Cohn event

When: 7 p.m. Wednesday 

Where: Gordon Jewish Mankind Center, 801 Percy Warner Avenue, Nashville 

Details: Tickets are $20 elbow the door. Visit chabadnashville.com for further details.