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Mata Hari was born #OnThisDay in 1876.
She was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for Germany during WWI.
"My dance is a sacred poem in which each movement is a word and whose every word is underlined by music."
She was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for Germany during WWI.
"My dance is a sacred poem in which each movement is a word and whose every word is underlined by music."
"The temple in which I dance can be vague or faithfully reproduced, for I am the temple."
"A harlot? Yes, but a traitoress, never!"
— Phrase attributed to Mata Hari during the trial.
— Phrase attributed to Mata Hari during the trial.
