The Exotic Dancer EXECUTED During World War 1 - The Death Of Mata Hari

[@stevefox8605]

Sad, sounds like a kangaroo court with no real defence allowed. A scapegoat for French military failings imho. Thank you 👍🏻👍🏻

[@kimberlypatton9634]

Don't discount the fact that a woman in her "situation" and having access to men with valuable secret info is in a precarious position ...She would have,could have been accused of espionage just for that reason alone..for "fraternizing" at the very least.We may never be privy to the actual truth.

[@whazzuphere]

That war was unbelievable. France executed many of their own men for not going "over the top"...climbing out of trenches and charging across barbed wired strewn fields with machine guns cutting them down by the hundreds, if not thousands. Troops had a choice: over the top or face a firing squad. The fact they shot a suspected Dutch spy is not surprising in the least.

[@eddydormilus5038]

The authorities had to hold someone responsible for their failures, and abviously they exempted themselves from the list.

[@Feinrizulwur]

Exactly.!

[@misterscaz6011]

Some things never change.

[@omarpatriotsfan606]

Yeah right, what better way to get inside info than being passed around between high profile figures on both sides.

[@sillyoldbastard3280]

They always do.

[@drifterman319]

The French couldn't admit that they were failing in war against the Germans. It was due to a spy. If America didn't join in the thing would have been over in 2 years. Too bad, 2 years too long.

[@Gwaithmir]

The fact that her lawyers were not allowed to cross-examine witnesses or introduce witnesses for the defense pretty much confirms that she was the victim of a frame-up.

[@cjoldham7841]

The French seem to have blamed her instead of the poor characters and abilities of their Military Top Brass. But should we be surprised? NO we shouldn't.

[@martinfranke846]

The French in particular should made to bear awful responsibility for setting up the conditions That led to world war from 1914 to 1945. Butthurt from their drubbing in 1870-71, they desired "ravange", but used Great Britain and the US to obtain it, since they were not effective enough to take on Germany by themselves. In 1919, Clemenceau dictated terms (won largely by the blood of allies) that ensured continued conflict. Mata Hari was one more hapless victim of French incompetence.

[@nicoleserenalauer3027]

She was a surviver, learned to stand on her own feet! She was an artist, a dancer, a dreamer and a beautiful child of her time! Innocent completely!!!

[@brookehanley2450]

@@HavocHerseim shame on you for saying that about Mata Hari

[@nicolaroberts6875]

A travesty without a doubt. She was as good as blackmailed into spying for the French and completely out of her depth. Her story is heartbreaking and that's for sure.

[@leticiagarcia9025]

She definitely was a scapegoat for the French military failures.

[@worldtechuk3324]

A beautiful woman that French and German men loved, and sadly an innocent woman intimidated and used by both sides in a criminal war.

[@jallenecs]

I have seen it argued that she was less innocent and more incompetent as a spy. Less James Bond and more "in over her head." I haven't decided if I agree with this position. But say what you will, innocent or incompetent, you have to give the woman credit: she faced her life and her death with panache.

[@kimberlypatton9634]

I've heard of her throughout my life in small passing ways and have even seen her famous costumes photographs but I never truly paid any more than a passing grade.Now that I see the many photographs you've shown I am totally blow away at the resemblance between her and my own daughter! In ever succeeding one,they look more alike! It is remarkable and uncanny!I can't wait to send her this video! She is 34 this year and I am going to find out some more info such as her age when she was executed...We also are of German ancestry...

[@garypautard1069]

I have read a biography of MH and it seems she was a childlike person who just wanted to be surrounded by pretty clothes etc. What is not mentioned here is her children . One child died but her daughter was with her Father who was awarded custody. Mata Hari several times tried to re-gain custody of her daughter but Maclouds lawyers used her dancing against her claiming Mata Hari was a woman of dubious virtue . Her daughter died shortly after and Mata Hari was getting older and she was surrounded by younger imitators copying her act. As WW1 progressed Mata found herself alone and penny less.

[@gerardleahy6946]

Her trial was a sham and would not stand up to any objective legal scrutiny. All accused should be afforded the right to defend themselves especially where the potential sentence is severe. Mata Hari strikes me as something of a bimbo but was scapegoated. Her killing was not justified.

[@trevinschaerr3732]

No doubt a scapegoat, someone high profile is not who you'd have as a spy.

[@omarpatriotsfan606]

She is the perfect spy, getting passed around between high profile dudes from both sides.

[@dustyroads834]

12 armed Frenchmen against 1 unarmed woman. The only battle the French ever won.

[@Gurl-5150]

Ouch!! That was lethal.....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣!!!

[@dustyroads834]

@@haraldhardrada3484 You didn’t finish school. Did you ?

[@altinaykor364]

Why I want burst out laughing, but also cry at the same time upon reading this?????

[@nellymartinez8374]

Absolutely, I am living in France born of a spanish father and a french mother, frenches have only won this battle because in the ww1 or ww2 happily soldiers from us, uk, australia, canada, scotland and other foreign english tongue countries came to make France free, here we should speak german since a long time, I was in shock to hear about the murder or execution if you please of this beautiful and courageous woman at dawn (to avoid witnesses ?) By 12 cowards in the name of the french army, shame on them who, without remorses, pulled the trigger on a woman, really stinky...

[@nellymartinez8374]

I forgot to add that after her death, no one came to claim for the corps, she was sent in the institut médico légal in paris to serve as autopsy experience for surgery students, the least France could do for her was to offer a decent grave to this butchery made by french army, this behavior makes me vomiting.

[@davelorenz3285]

French military rifle for sale: never been fired, only dropped once.

[@ozdavemcgee2079]

I thought that was the Italian Rifles and tanks with 13 reverse gears

[@Alan.livingston]

I love how people say that about the French who lost 1.9million soldiers and civilians in ww1 but never seem to make jokes about American military rifles being barely used because they sat safe on the other side of the Atlantic for years until the war was pretty much won.

[@carlosdelagarzachavez7686]

This world needs more Beautiful dancers 😭❤️🌹

[@Dzanarika1]

'She' certainly had not been one, that is why 'she' had to go.

[@stephencook8001]

The one that got away was Coco Chanel, not only did she several German officers as lovers she helped design some officers uniforms, she fled Paris before the allies landed and established herself in New York , to those women whom use Chanel no 5 ,think about her fellow Parisians that wer slaughtered by the SS

[@tomjewell7759]

Gonna look into this now. THANKS

[@marthag1269]

As I was reading this I had the same thoughts - what about Chanel!

[@michellelambert8729]

I've never been into her. But I didn't know she pulled this crap!

[@ElleCee62978]

I hate Chanel for this reason

[@jamesorth6460]

Scape goat

[@_N3M3S1S]

Anyone thinking about the movie "Paths of Glory" here? I think Mata Hari may have consorted a bit but ultimately was just a useful tool for the French to use her as a scapegoat for their failures. This is what so many corrupt governments do..

[@haroldgeorge4222]

Truly ahead of her time truly beautiful woman ...

[@RReese08]

I had read that Mata Hari remained standing briefly after receiving the full impact of the fusillade from the firing squad before collapsing to the ground. Afterward Mata Hari was dissected and her head was preserved and put on display for several years. But it disappeared at some point and is apparently lost forever. The rest of her remains apparently were not given a proper burial either. A sad state of affairs for somebody who led an unfortunate life and was a rather feckless spy who served as a convenient scapegoat to cover for the recklessness and incompetence of the French military during WWI.

[@lethalwolf7455]

Those that executed her, especially the officials proceeding over her trial, were not worthy to even kiss her feet. I love the fact she blew a kiss to her executioners, that was just her saying fck you in the most epic way imaginable😘👍

[@davidwright8371]

Got her name etched in history that is an acomplishment.

[@tomasgeffen345]

Scapegoat like Dreyfus.

[@catholiccrusader5328]

Him too.

[@bobmenzies4137]

During that time a lot of her doings was that she was a poor woman just trying to survive the hardships of her tragic life,

[@susangutrugianios2241]

Men who are the Military need a well known woman to take the fall for their failure We are wiser than, they believe we were 💜

[@vincentperratore4395]

It's always so easy to crucify a woman. Such a despicable shame!

[@davesskillet9235]

none of the officers that were involved with Mata Hari were ever charged.

[@alexsalinas6649]

At that time there were hundreds if not more, she was the one that was selected for her popularity was immense....

[@angloaust1575]

Edith cavell copped it as well Britain never should have become Involved as they didnt in 1871 Franco prussian war

[@HadToChangeMyName_YoutubeSucks]

The French would never hold someone innocent responsible for the failings of the elite ranks! Cough (Dreyfuss) cough...

[@nicoc6387]

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose…

[@catholiccrusader5328]

@@nicoc6387 in English.

[@MurrayJoe]

@@catholiccrusader5328 I ran it through DuckDuckGo and this is what it translated it to, “The more it changes, the same thing it is.”

[@wildnette]

🤣🤣

[@nifty1940]

hahahaha

[@jensenwilliam5434]

Thank you. Scapegoat I think.

[@paulprins4100]

Mata Hari was a scapegoat because she was very likely a source of embarassment to those in high positions in France who envisioned future blackmail..

[@ray7419]

Such a tragic story.

[@georgetunstill2341]

She definitely was made a scapegoat for the French military who screwed just about everything militarily in WWI. The fact that her defense attorney could not cross-examine prosecution witnesses and wasn't allowed to introduce evidence that could clear her or have witnesses of their own to vouch for Mata Hari's innocence was very suspicious and it made out to be like the French had something to hide, which they probably did.

[@ralphalvarez5465]

We can only hope that the officer and the firing squad were cut down by the German blitzkrieg in 1940 as they ran from the battlefield.

[@raycarl7933]

Thank you. I guess I really didn’t know much about her

[@Pugiron]

One of the countless victims of French incompetence, corruption, and pettiness.

[@atittayavollebregt8381]

She knew too much

[@daskritter3018]

is this when the practice of shooting the whistleblower, punishing the victim, and blaming the scapegoat started? or not. history is vague on this.

[@pferreira8069]

Welcome to the execution channel.

[@joeperson4792]

The hypocrisy of even using Mata Hari as a spy. Was she even trained in any useful spycraft or did she even have handlers like MI5 did at the time? Just throwing her out there expecting good results, given her character type and lack of real patriotism is surely a failed French effort.

[@MarkLL1961]

Scapegoat.

[@craigsmith5360]

She was used, by the French, and wrongful excuited, which they are famous for , passing the blame!

[@sandrineponcelet8jan1974]

L’éxécution de Matahari est une bavure des services français. C’était une femme qui avait des mœurs légères,et en temps de guerre,aucune population ne pardonne cela de la part d’une femme. En temps de guerre,les femmes ont juste le droit de pleurer leurs chers mari,et frères “disparus”. Alors,en plus,une “demi-mondaine” qui continue à faire la fête… Ç’aurait été un homme,ils ne lui auraient jamais fait ça. Elle n’a jamais essayé d’espionner pour les allemands. Et c’est honteux qu’encore à leur actuelle après son éxécution expéditive,on continue à la salir. Il serait temps que les services français reconnaissent leur bavure!

[@shamanicrevolution2204]

Legend.

[@A2D4]

Where were her children all this time & what became of them........?

[@RailwayBobbie]

One thing you haven't really touched on was just how important her execution was at the time for keeping the war going. France was really ready for packing up. The country was in a right mess. Mutiney and recent big military failures had a negative effect on the country. The French were war weary. Similar to blaming a witch for your bad luck and killing her in order to reverse it, the French did the same with Mata Hari. Sounds silly today but it was a huge boost for the French. Also don't forget someone stole her head from the museum and her body was turned over to science.

[@carlitofernandez7833]

Doesn’t sound silly today. War is hell.

[@johnjepsen4243]

Why was her head in a museum? Pray tell

[@alexyjudebower]

@@johnjepsen4243 I am also intrigued

[@RailwayBobbie]

@@carlitofernandez7833 Yes I agree.

[@RailwayBobbie]

@@johnjepsen4243 I think her body was just given to them.

[@orvillebrown7235]

Poor quality narration. have someone do the next one for you

[@FreedomRyder]

She was innocent. Just not very wise in many of her decision makings. A lost soul.. sad indeed.

[@perporiap9364]

Poor she😢 I felt so bad how life of such nice person gets ruined by powerful men I was always complaining about being born in 90s and now seems living in years before 60s for women was not fun and pathethic. Wish they had made better tv show in amazon

[@jeanglendinning1860]

i remember being told that Mata Hari was executed in retaliation for the Germans execution of Edith Cavell

[@donnyzavicci8121]

Sounds like America today

[@668725]

All the people that died wasn't enough for the French, no they had to find an excuse for the utterly crap way they fought the war, no imagination no flair just napoleon tactics but with modern guns pathetic. They should hail this young lady for what she was, doing anything to keep her out off poverty many have done it many more will. Viv la France 🇫🇷

[@ConnyvanDenDungen]

Thanks I made her live in miniature

[@christinas2234]

Indonesia is my country, Matahari is Indonesian word means Sun ☀️

[@sadgurujoshi9598]

Her name sounds Indian, her jewellery her poses seems very much Indian it is even surprising to see Lord Nataraja idol in one of the picture… was there any connection???

[@jeffreyperretti4414]

We’re is her grave.

[@RailwayBobbie]

Her body was turned over to a museum. Her head though went missing a long time ago.

[@nickgov66]

Are you?

[@MANDREW33]

Pretty lady!

[@actonman7291]

She should say no to French when approached to spy for them and move off France and keep clear out trouble.

[@laurieanne3763]

Terrible women and mom. Lived and looked manly, died like a man, as well.

[@socpa]

You do like your executions.. be they VENGEFUL, HORRIFIC or JUSTIFIED.

[@AbbasAli-32]

She was innocent 😢

[@alexejsesterheim7267]

When will we ever learn? Read Alice Miller's "For your own good" where she analyses the childhood of destructive people like Adolf Hitöer. Universal Soldier He's five feet two, and he's six feet four He fights with missiles and with spears He's all of thirty-one, and he's only seventeen He's been a soldier for a thousand years He's a Catholic, a Hindu, an Atheist, a Jain A Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew And he knows he shouldn't kill, and he knows he always will Kill you for me, my friend, and me for you And he's fighting for Canada, he's fighting for France He's fighting for the USA And he's fighting for the Russians, and he's fighting for Japan And he thinks we'll put an end to war this way And he's fighting for democracy, he's fighting for the reds He says it's for the peace of all He's the one who must decide who's to live and who's to die And he never sees the writing on the wall But without him how would Hitler Have condemned him at Dachau? Without him Caesar would have stood alone He's the one who gives his body as a weapon of the war And without him all this killing can't go on He's the universal soldier, and he really is to blame But his orders come from far away no more They come from him and you and me And, brothers, can't you see This is not the way we put an end to war?

[@daweshorizon]

Scapegoat, not spy. A woman trying to survive amidst a male-dominated society (even more then, than now), yes she was executed in the name of international politics. God bless Magaretha Zelle. Love and peace.

[@stefanflorea9455]

What do we think? Based on your clip? Well, that's a very stupid question.

[@jade7602]

Corrupt vile men.

[@grannyseyes4538]

Oldest story since the Bible. Man f*&ks up, blames nearest woman.

[@stephenbriggs526]

They also executed i think it was 6 soldiers to cover up for further failings said they deserted when one was taken out of a hospital and the others were picked out of units still on the line charges were made up and they were shot and the funny thing was one of the soldiers family received a medal for bravery after he was shot.

[@nowhereman1670]

My opinion? Since there are so many offering their court of public emotional opinion opinion between doses of Xanax. I'll just say this about that. When I go to a restaurant and decide to have a serving of fries. I always order American Fries.

[@vleldaddio210]

STD's anyone ?

[@oncall21]

How bad was she dancing??????

[@Dzanarika1]

Seened like s klutz, like she had two left feet 😂😂😂

[@wondergranny2299]

Terrible.

[@chrisdooley6468]

Everything I’ve read I think she was a scapegoat. The French screwed up in their intelligence gathering and they desperately needed someone who could deflect some blame. Sad really

[@gutspraygore]

It's an odd thing that France executes their patriots.

[@altinaykor364]

do you happen to remember than she wasn't French?

[@heidiw3615]

I mean first, she was not French, second, she didn't ask to be a spy... What did the French expect??? They were so entitled...

[@johnburrows1179]

Typical French bravery😜

[@davelorenz3285]

The French boys would still be saluting the nazis if the US hadn’t saved them. They still hate to admit it so they have a snooty attitude toward Americans who tour the place.

[@the-unknown-man-t6y]

Well done France 😎😎😎

[@PittManGaming]

Sounds like a scapegoat to me.

[@289wolf]

Scapegoat . She showed more courage than the cowards who framed her. Shame on them !

[@nickgov66]

If she was looking at the sky then she was "supine", not "prone".

[@catotheoldest6451]

Doesn't seem like her story has changed much in the last 50 years. RIP Margaretha Geertruida Zelle

[@kenbaudoin1]

you must have meant 100 years

[@robertchubb1518]

Well...there you go..historically...the French just doing what they do best..badly..

[@ccrider3435]

Are you comparing the French to someone else?

[@ninastapleton803]

Scapegoat for sure. She was a free spirited, entertainer, artist, who brought fun and happiness to those around her. Shame on you France.

[@OperationFoxley19441]

The French will execute women but will surrender to men in a heartbeat.

[@carlitofernandez7833]

Yea I feel that way too.

[@interabang]

She clearly didn have an once of loyalty to anyone and someone like that would sell their grannies for money. Whilst I wouldn't say she deserved to die she was a very shallow person .

[@moibelgium7636]

A courtesan, who did not spy for his own country, but was a woman from the Parisian demi-monde, who could no longer do without the luxury to which she had become addicted and who, lured by German gold, country and people that had given her hospitality for years (France). In the words of a journalist: “one of the long line of women who were used by her physical beauty to ensnare French officers and other authorities in her nets and to extract from them what the German organization could use; thus a traitor for the sake of money, serving a people to whom she belonged not, driving away a nation that had showered her with mercies. Shame on you all who made an innocent of her.

[@VictoriaVica182]

I don't think Mata-Hari was a spy.Her whole life is full of tragedies. Her husband, who drank and raised his hand against her, did not like her. She outlived her children. It seems to me that her husband's bad attitude towards her pushed Mata-Hari to the path she chose.Again, it is very significant that none of her lovers demanded her body and buried her with dignity.Only everyone used her: her husband, who humiliated and beat her, other men who used her and at the end of her life simply betrayed her.The way she was accused of being an alleged spy.I see her as a victim of circumstances.She was just unlucky enough to become a scapegoat for the incompetence of the French authorities and command.

[@sandrineponcelet8jan1974]

Matahari was indeed a martyr of the cause of women. Sandrine

[@thestrum71]

Where at that point in time would the French authorities have been without executioning this women? Innocent or not, I don't know, but Mata H was surrely famous enough to produce a scapegoat for mostly their own shortcomings.... Guess we'll never know the real thruth....

[@antigonish63]

I'm surprised that the French didn't surrender to her.

[@jaybee9269]

Lolol.

[@briantologist7629]

Ouch

[@MurrayJoe]

When Ronald Reagan was told by NASA that all the American flags that had been planted on the moon had turned white due to ultraviolet rays, he said, “Great, now the world will think the French were there first.” 😂

[@antigonish63]

@@MurrayJoe I hadn’t heard that quote. Sounds like a perfect Reganisim.

[@mariosmatzoros3553]

France has won more wars than any other country (1.115) dumbass...

[@christyb271]

She blew a kiss towards her French firing squad.

[@juvauniegayle9018]

Gangsta way to go out

[@juvauniegayle9018]

@paul 🤣

[@terrencedeagle4429]

Appropriate given the occasion.

[@tabithadebolt1708]

She had guts.

[@superfrycook6360]

Curtain call

[@coleride]

no witnesses allowed? no cross examination? sounds like a trial in modern DC

[@sharonott7513]

Love your channel. I think Mata Hari was a scapegoat.

[@diegofuentes6639]

I've heard her story many times,but with TheUntoldPast, I enjoy it even more 👍

[@josephstabile9154]

Do I think the French military/govt, that committed 20 years previusly the disgraceful Dreyfus Affair, could participate in another disgraceful affair? Hmm, let me ponder that... More alarming are the ominous parallels between French military cover-ups and our own present day military command's behaviors in real time...

[@9546aw]

This story is absolutely sensational for an Opera. Mata Hari sacrifices herself for the faithless French Officer who is the real spy.

[@petequintanilla4237]

Once again, another excellent documentary. I hope you all are aware of the positive impact you are making.

[@Bakiligiz]

just a voice kills my ears, to sharp and unpleasant to listen.

[@wfranceschi3606]

Scapegoat Scapegoat! was Mata Hari

[@ww2.militaria]

I hadn’t heard about her before, thanks for sharing!

[@TheUntoldPast]

Thanks for the support!

[@cogitoergospud1]

The only French “victory”, lol.

[@kentcyclist]

How many Frenchmen does it take to defend Paris ? Answer don't know, never been tried

[@wandatidwell3792]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lindaarrington9397]

There were many brave Frenchman that died defending their country There was an extensive french underground that spied, blew up supies and so much more They helped the allied forces in way this ignorance betrays You need to study and stand approved instead of spouting off untruths

[@mariosmatzoros3553]

France has won more wars than any other country (1.115)...

[@charlesteston8074]

Scapegoat for sure. It seems down through history that most of the time you hear about how inept they were except when Napoleon was around and some times afterwards.

[@benjaminelijah1537]

I believe that she "tried" to be a spy, be it not a very good one. She gave information that was rather already available and like he said, France needed some excuse to explain away their blunders. Mata Hari was the best candidate

[@FreeSpirit47]

She was most definitely a scapegoat. At the time this took place, any woman who lived life on her own terms was viewed as a threat to men & society in general. Many people might know this ~ Women were still viewed as property in the USA for 100 years after the abolishment of slavery. The rest of the world was far behind this. Some countries still have laws that women are property. Any woman who lives life on her own terms is viewed as a threat. If Mata Hari had truly been a spy, she would have been made to suffer for 60 days prior to execution, she would be dressed in a very flimsy, see through gown & would be required to have a blindfold, she would not have been given a choice. The men who were made to participate in these firing squads often developed severe emotiional problems afterward. Mata Hari's wrongful death ended right there, the men in the firing squad would endure so much suffering for the rest of their lives.

[@standoughope]

I'm leaning scape goat.