tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post6365636608137350853..comments2024-03-28T22:50:02.315+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Mata Hari - seductive dancer in Paris or German WW1 spy?Helshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-27864266262138957512018-03-10T19:01:20.752+11:002018-03-10T19:01:20.752+11:00History Channel
many thanks. I will watch it in h...History Channel<br /><br />many thanks. I will watch it in half an hour.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-5654189735788242952018-03-09T12:08:25.497+11:002018-03-09T12:08:25.497+11:00Mata Hari is the very epitome of beauty and femini...Mata Hari is the very epitome of beauty and feminine seduction. As a courtesan, she captivates the most influential men of her time, and she exerts a hold over our imagination to this very day. But as WWI raged, did Mata Hari really betray secrets revealed to her by her influential lovers? Was she a German spy? Was the death sentence passed by the French justified? This documentary tracks down the true Mata Hari - the most famous and most beautiful spy of all time. <br /><br />MATA HARI: THE BEAUTIFUL SPY will be on the History Channel, Saturday 11th March 2018 at 7:30pm- 8:30pm then repeated on SundayThe History Channelhttps://www.foxtel.com.au/got/whats-on/tv-guide/Mata-Hari-The-Beautiful-Spy/92398081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-18180111297510852872017-04-23T23:51:15.446+10:002017-04-23T23:51:15.446+10:00Abdullah
I don't believe in capital punishmen...Abdullah<br /><br />I don't believe in capital punishment under any circumstance, let alone for a crime that was never proved. Shame, France, shame.Helsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-31036633791361864492017-04-22T02:13:32.502+10:002017-04-22T02:13:32.502+10:00I knew some of her story but I didn't know she...I knew some of her story but I didn't know she was executed, a rather unjust punishment in my opinion.abdullahhttps://www.carvingtoolsguide.com/best-wood-carving-toolsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-91794135257988505372017-04-19T10:43:48.488+10:002017-04-19T10:43:48.488+10:00Joseph
that was the saddest episode of Mata Hari&...Joseph<br /><br />that was the saddest episode of Mata Hari's life. MacLeod got custody of the couple’s only surviving daughter Louise aka Non. MacLeod would not allow Mata Hari to send letters the girl, even when facing execution. And no member of the family came to collect the body. <br /><br />Non herself died tragically at 21 in 1919. MacLeod had infected his young wife back in the mid 1890s and apparently the congenital syphilis caused the aneurism that killed their daughter.<br />Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-2666068798134583032017-04-19T10:26:08.512+10:002017-04-19T10:26:08.512+10:00Parnassus
we will never know the whole truth, but...Parnassus<br /><br />we will never know the whole truth, but you may be onto something important with the notion of scapegoatism. The war was not going well, official incompetence might be revealed (although censorship did a great job of cover up) and a show trial was needed. What better person to blame could there be than a homosexual, an Asian or a courtesan - they "asked for it"!<br /><br />It reminds me of the Doctors' Plot hatched by Stalin in 1952–3. Important Moscow doctors were accused of conspiring to assassinate Soviet leaders, arrested and gaoled. Who better than doctors, since they always carried injections in their coats!Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-45479744239474594942017-04-19T10:15:22.596+10:002017-04-19T10:15:22.596+10:00bazza
tragic because her father was a horrible ma...bazza<br /><br />tragic because her father was a horrible man, her mum died early, her husband was brutal, her precious son was killed by poison and her beloved daughter was taken away. Then she had to make a living as best she could, totally alone in the world :( <br /><br />"Say a prayer for the Pretender" indeed. Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-31424198430887224812017-04-19T10:09:20.206+10:002017-04-19T10:09:20.206+10:00Andrew
me too. Capital punishment would be abhorr...Andrew<br /><br />me too. Capital punishment would be abhorrent at any time, even if they could have established that she shared pillow talk with the Enemy Generals during the war. But she was a sexy dancer and courtesan, for goodness sake. The generals were not going to explain to her where the next invasion was going to be, and how many soldiers they were sending.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-36174465628132602682017-04-18T23:03:08.933+10:002017-04-18T23:03:08.933+10:00What happened to Mata Hari's only surviving ch...What happened to Mata Hari's only surviving child - did she meet her mother before the execution?Josephnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-68147613932322449222017-04-18T20:11:31.162+10:002017-04-18T20:11:31.162+10:00Hello Hels, Because of her exotic reputation, I t...Hello Hels, Because of her exotic reputation, I thought that Mata Hari's spying career was more genuine and extensive. Somehow I am not surprised to see the sad truth of official scapegoatism on an outsider. This is part of a larger pattern I have seen repeated--I recall the Clayton Hartwig scandal, in which a U.S. Navy ship was blown up and as a coverup for general incompetence, they selected a crew member and accused him of being homosexual, because of course such a dangerous outsider would be treasonous and dangerous to his crew and ship. There was no proof, but plenty of evidence to the contrary, and the Navy ended up with egg on its face, but their reasoning was the same as in the Mata Hari case.<br />--Jim <br />P.S. The Wen Ho Lee case was similar, but this time using anti-Asian sentiment. However, like the Hartwig case, the public wasn't too quick to judge, and the government's case fell apart--but they expected knee-jerk xenophobic feelings to support them.Parnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-80896466079970227822017-04-18T19:27:42.354+10:002017-04-18T19:27:42.354+10:00I always thought that she was executed by the Germ...I always thought that she was executed by the Germans rather than the French. She was certainly a tragic figure and a victim of her own life-style which to a great extent was foisted upon her. "Are you there? Say a prayer for the Pretender"!<br /><b><a href="http://todiscoverice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> CLICK HERE for Bazza’s singular Blog ‘To Discover Ice’</a></b>bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-79006881332144602832017-04-18T18:15:59.989+10:002017-04-18T18:15:59.989+10:00I knew some of her story but I didn't know she...I knew some of her story but I didn't know she was executed, a rather unjust punishment in my opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com