Nancy Wake: The White Mouse of World War II
Nancy Wake with rifle in occupied France during World War II. Nancy Grace Augusta Wake, also known as Madame Fiocca and Nancy Fiocca, was born on August 30, 1912, in…
The Unexpected Spy: Harpo Marx
Lobby card for Monkey Business (1931) with Chico (left) and Harpo (right). Arthur “Harpo” Marx, born Adolph Marx, was an American comedian, actor, mime artist, and harpist, and the second…
The OSS ALIU: Unraveling Nazi Art Looting Networks
German soldiers of the Hermann Göring Division posing in front of Palazzo Venezia in Rome in 1944 with a painting taken from the Biblioteca del Museo Nazionale di Napoli. Attribution:…
The Gehlen Organization: Controversial Postwar German Intelligence Agency
West Berliners watch a Douglas C-54 Skymaster land at Tempelhof Airport, 1948, during the Soviet Berlin Blockade. The Gehlen Organization (or Gehlen Group) was a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) funded…