In 2000, while counting the items in the collection, a staff member of the Museum in Paris, France, was surprised to find that the museum had lost a piece of its collection. And this collection is not a simple collection, it is a skull, this head belongs to the famous European double-sided spy Marta Harley.
In the history of world espionage, Marta Harley is a beautiful spy who has to be talked about, and her excellent spy work has made her one of the top ten female spies. Marta Harley was also a famous stripper in Europe at the time, and the mistress of many of the military and political celebrities of the high society at that time.
She can sing and dance, her posture is excellent, and many military and political dignitaries have fallen for her. However, for a woman, beauty is the best gift, but if born in a chaotic world, beauty is the initiator of a bumpy fate.
During World War I, Marta Harley worked as a spy not only for Germany, but also for France. But she was eventually executed by the French for "treason", but to this day, there are many opinions about Marta Harley's claims, and more and more people have come forward to question whether Matahari is a treasonist. How did she go from being a rich lady to a stripper and finally becoming a double agent?
Marta Harley (formerly known as Margareza Giltruida Zeli) was born in the Netherlands in 1876 to a local dutch farmer, her mother was a Native of Java, Indonesia, and a famous local beauty in Java who could sing and dance. Marta's family had four children, and Marta was the second, but she was the only girl among the four children. The mother liked Marta's daughter very much and often taught her Javanese dance, and the father also saw Marta's talent in dance and spent a lot of money to send his daughter to learn dance.
When Marta was young, her father's estate was very large, and he also made a lot of money investing in the oil industry. The family became richer, and Marta also had the opportunity to receive more excellent education. But the good times did not last long, and when Marta was 12 years old, there was an accident at home.
My father's shop was getting depressed, and my father was misled into putting all his money into the stock market, but the money became "meat buns beating dogs, and there is no return." "All of a sudden, there was a drastic change in the family. Not only did the family property lose, but it also owed a large debt. In order to pay off the debt, the father had to mortgage the property and moved into the slum with the family.
After her father declared bankruptcy, Marta's parents divorced, and it wasn't long before her mother died of illness. His father was not willing to live in decadence, he had been eager to find a chance to make a comeback, so he resolutely left home and went outside, but he never came back. Several siblings in Marta's family were fostered in relatives' homes.
Marta, who has always regarded herself as a clear height, suddenly changed from a noblewoman to a "maid" under the fence, and in the face of such a huge gap, Marta can only bury all the bitterness in her heart.
As time passed, Marta slowly grew into a beautiful girl, and her good face attracted the hearts of countless people. Men about Marta's age came to the door to ask for affection. But no one expected Marta to end up looking for a man 22 years older than her, and this man was Captain Rudolf of the Army.
Marta had thought that by marrying Rudolph, she would be happy and escape from hell, but she did not expect that she had just gone from one hell to another. This marriage has only brought her harm. After marriage, the couple moved to a small village on the island of Java called Ambarava, where Marta became fascinated by the dance of the goddess Kali, and Later Marta gave birth to two children for Rudolf, but Marta, who had both children, was not happy at all.
Marta's husband, Rudolf, had been married once, but the first marriage broke down due to Rudolf's alcoholic nature. After marrying Marta, his habit of drinking became more and more serious, and he even beat Marta after drinking. In the fourth year after the marriage, Marta's son died unexpectedly, and it is said that Marta's son was poisoned by the husband of her nanny, because Rudolf had an adulterous affair with the nanny in the family, and the Indonesian soldier could not bear to be wearing a green hat and did not dare to deal with Rudolph, so he had to extend his poisonous hand to Rudolf's son.
The already shaky marriage relationship has come to an end, and the husband's domestic violence has caused Marta to often bruises, and the two children are the only obstacles for Marta to continue the marriage. But now the son was gone, and the husband betrayed himself. There was nothing in such a family that could make Marta remember, and Marta was completely desperate for the marriage.
In 1903, the 27-year-old Marta divorced her husband and won custody of her daughter, but rudolph did not remember the old feelings at all, and actually snatched her daughter unreasonably, and did not allow Marta to meet with her daughter.
In this way, Marta lost all her relatives in Java and lived alone in a foreign land, accompanied by Marta in addition to loneliness and poverty. A year later, Marta left Java for Paris.
To support herself, Marta found herself a job as a circus mount. But the meager wages of the circus were simply not enough for Marta to live in Paris. In order to make a living, Marta completely put down her face and became a stripper. At that time, very few people performed strippers. But Marta's striptease carries a mysterious oriental flavor.
Since then, Marta has become famous overnight in Paris with her mysterious oriental atmosphere and seductive body. Marta also concocted a mysterious origin for herself: she claimed to have been born in Indonesia, her father was a noble Brahmin, her mother was a dancer in the temple, and she had learned the sacred dances of Hinduism since she was a child, and she was a dancer favored by the gods.
In that era of poor information exchange, everyone believed Marta's words, and marta became more and more famous, and striptease brought marta fame and money.
In the crowd, the eyes of Marta Oriental Maiden are particularly eye-catching. Her slim figure is charming, and she exudes a unique style between her eyes and smiles. Before each performance, Marta would tell the audience in English, French, Dutch and Indian languages: Everyone is quiet and don't disturb the gods.
As a result, Marta's dance is also veiled with mystery.
With her dance, Marta came into contact with the rich class, which included many military and political dignitaries. The men of the upper class of Paris want to spend money for Marta, spend thousands of dollars, and only smile for bomei.
It was also because of Marta, striptease swept the parisian upper class, and countless nobles were keen to watch striptease performances. And Marta's striptease is a must, and countless people fall under Marta's pomegranate skirt.
Le Parisien said of Marta: "As soon as she appears, the audience is crazy. ”
On the eve of the outbreak of the World War, Marta was touring Germany. Baron von Mühlbach, an officer in the German army command, saw Marta and immediately realized that Marta was a good spy. So he privately sent someone to contact Marta and said: "Judging from her vast social contacts, she is extremely useful, and we must try to win her over." ”
As a socialite, Marta often wanders among the military and political dignitaries of various countries, and these people often tell some confidential things for the sake of Bomei people's laughter. For Marta, getting intelligence is easy. When Marta learned that the Germans wanted to be herself a spy, she was surprised and delighted, and in the face of money and national honor and disgrace, Marta chose money. According to relevant statistics, the German army spent a total of $2 million to collect Marta, a beautiful spy.
Marta was then sent to a reconnaissance school on the Swiss border, where Marta simply studied for a few months, but from then on Marta's life entered a new stage.
At the beginning of the First World War, Marta was 38 years old, not a youthful and beautiful grade, but her age did not affect Marta's influence in the male circle. She was still a dancer sought after by the upper class at that time.
At the beginning of the war, the German army used the information provided by Marta to gain the initiative on the battlefield.
The relevant literature records such a story:
One day in 1915, the 39-year-old Marta was lying on the pillow of the old French general Morgan, and after a rain of clouds, General Morgan quickly fell asleep, but at this time Marta was very awake. Because she's going on an important mission tonight.
After confirming that General Morgan was asleep, Marta quietly got up and went to the safe in the room. Marta crouched in front of the safe and tried the password over and over again, but it was always wrong. She didn't know what the vault code was, the only thing she knew was that it was six digits.
A little time passed, and Marta still did not open the safe, and just when she was very anxious, Marta saw the wall clock on the wall. The wall clock has long since broken, and the time on the hands has always been 9:35 minutes and 12 seconds. Regarding this broken wall clock, General Morgan once said to Marta, "This wall clock is more commemorative? ”
Marta looked at the time "93515" on the pointer, is this the password, but the password is six digits. Suddenly Marta thought something was on her mind, and she held her breath and typed "213515" on the keyboard.
With a "click," the safe door opened. The confidential information stored in this safe is the design of the Type 19 tank. The Germans thought day and night about what they had come up with. Marta then took out her miniature camera and clicked at the design drawings.
Subsequently, the photos were slowly sent to the Germans. As a result, the new tanks of the Anglo-French coalition lost their power as soon as they entered the battlefield. France also lost the war.
As the war intensified, Marta began to worry about her future, and once the Entente had won and her spying for the Germans was revealed, she would be doomed. So Marta began to move deliberately closer to France.
According to a widely circulated account, Marta approached the head of the French secret service and offered him the hope of becoming a spy for the French army. During World War I, the two sides fought a spy war. Everyone knew that Marta was a good seedling of a spy, not only the German spy agencies looking for her, but also the French secret service. In this way, Marta became a double-sided spy, a spy for both the German army and the French army.
Marta's espionage work is well done. The author of Master Of Spies: Alain Dulles said of Marta: "She's done a great job from any angle. ”
In 1917, Marta arrived in Spain on a tour, and while performing in Spain, Marta enjoyed the applause from the audience while sending the Spanish government dynamics to Berlin. Unbeknownst to Marta, her every move had been monitored by British spy agencies.
At this time, not knowing whether the Germans had inadvertently or wanted to kill people with knives, the Germans in Madrid, Spain, sent a telegram to Berlin: "Inform the H21 to return to Paris quickly and pay 15,000 francs." The telegram was intercepted by French intelligence, and at the same time Marta abruptly ended her tour in Spain and returned to Paris. This coincided with the intelligence obtained by France, according to a series of information provided by the British, coupled with an investigation by the French intelligence agencies, and finally the French intelligence agencies determined that the German spy codenamed H21 was Marta.
It is worth mentioning that the coding method adopted by the German telegram has been cracked by france a long time ago, and the German army is also aware of this situation, and later when Marta was arrested and imprisoned, she said that although she was a double-sided spy, she was serving France, and the Germans used knives to kill people.
In February 1917, while Marta was taking a bath at home, the doorbell rang. When Marta opened the door and saw several policemen standing outside, Marta knew that what she was most worried about had finally happened.
Marta was then handcuffed and left her hotel room and taken to a single cell.
After being caught, Marta is taken to court, and the presiding judge, Marta, is a respected justice, but this judge ignores the evidence submitted by Marta's defense lawyer that Marta stole German intelligence for France.
After many years, the British "Times" suddenly reported that Marta's death had another hidden plot. Whistleblower
Captain Laudex, who had made Marta a French spy, not only did not testify for Marta during Marta's trial, but also deliberately exaggerated Marta's crime of spying for the German army. The great-grandfather of the whistleblower Philippe was Pierre Pochaton, the presiding judge in Marta's case. Before hearing Marta's case, Pierre Pochardon discovered his wife Red Apricot out of the wall, and she became misogynistic, and he transferred his dislike for his wife to others. And Marta happens to be such a "debauched woman." Pierre Pochaton also wrote on a note: "It is conceivable that Marta has succeeded in stealing intelligence by means of a lowly means, and no matter how vigilant the senior officers who are sitting on their knees, the defense line will disintegrate under the attack of this woman." ”
The court found that Marta was engaged in espionage work, resulting in the destruction of 17 Allied ships, the death of more than 50,000 French soldiers, etc. In the face of court charges, Marta refused to admit that she was a spy, and in court Marta defended herself: "I am a prostitute, but I am not a traitor, never will be." But her argument was weak, it was pale, and no one cared about her words.
Historians later studied the events of Marta Harley and were surprised to find that Marta never provided significant intelligence to either side of the German and French armies. Historians say that What Marta provided was nothing more than some gossip about the lives of officials of the two countries.
During the First World War, the Germans attacked wildly, and France was gradually defeated, and even later to the point where the whole territory was captured. Countless warriors died on the battlefield, and the morale of the warriors was low. The French government is powerless to reverse the defeat, and they desperately need a scapegoat. At this point, Marta was a great candidate. She was accused of being a spy, and the intelligence she contributed to the German army led to the death of tens of thousands of soldiers on the battlefield. Although the court had no conclusive evidence, and many of the charges even came from speculation, Marta was found guilty and sentenced to death.
After being sentenced to death, several rich and political leaders interceded on Marta's behalf, but in vain.
October 15, 1917, Marta's last day on life. On this day, France sent 11 executioners, (one said 12 people) to face death, Marta was not afraid, on this day she wore a beautiful skirt, light makeup, and a pair of sheepskin gloves. The executioners on the outskirts of Paris pointed their guns at Marta, and Marta did not panic, but she was unexpectedly calm. Eventually, 11 bullets entered the woman's body, and Marta, who was 41 years old at the time, died completely.
After Marta was executed, no one collected her body, and her body was used for medical purposes because it had been unclaimed for a long time. A museum in Paris houses Marta's head. After a special anti-embalming treatment, Marta's face remains unchanged, just like when she was alive. But it wasn't until 2000 that the museum's caretaker staff discovered that Marta's head had disappeared.
Later, according to the speculation of the museum's personnel, it may have been lost in 1954 when the museum was relocated, or it may have been stolen by Marta's admirers.
Many years later, people began to think newly about Marta's crime of "treason", many people did not consider Marta a traitor, and in Marta's hometown, a museum was established.
Marta's story is bizarre, since her death, many people have made a big fuss about her, and to this day, Matahali's name is often mentioned. In 1931, the film Marta Harley, starring the famous actress Greta Garbo, was released. Since then, Marta has often appeared in books, movies, television and other works.
At that time, people remembered a stripper who used despicable means to do despicable things, and often some people liked to stand at the highest point of morality and judge others from their own perspective.
In those chaotic times, what could a woman in her late 40s do? Marta Harley's life is lamentable, a big lady born in a wealthy family, and finally became a "double-sided spy" who caused disaster to the country and the people.
She's beautiful, she's dancing. But she died a miserable death. Beauty is a good thing for her, so that she can have a better life in poverty, but beauty is also a bad thing, too much involuntariness. The times forced the woman to have nowhere to go.
Is Marta a traitor? Is her death a legacy, or is there something else hidden? Maybe only God knows.