Mata Hari was executed by a firing squad #OnThisDay in 1917.
The military tribunal deliberated for less than 45 minutes before returning a guilty verdict. "It's impossible, it's impossible," Mata Hari exclaimed, upon hearing the decision.
"Harlot, yes. But traitor, never!"
The military tribunal deliberated for less than 45 minutes before returning a guilty verdict. "It's impossible, it's impossible," Mata Hari exclaimed, upon hearing the decision.
"Harlot, yes. But traitor, never!"
At the time of her execution, she was 41.
"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."
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