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Marthe Cohn, a Wartime Jewish Nurse Who Spied for the French, Dies at 105

Fluent in German and passing as an Aryan, she once crossed into Germany, uncovered Nazi military secrets and nursed a wounded, and deceived, SS officer.

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Marthe Cohn in 2012. Her life as rabbi’s granddaughter who became a spy and ended up in America was the subject of a book and a documentary film.
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