He was born on August 7, 1876 in Leeuwarden, Friesland, in the Netherlands; from 1895 to 1900, Margaretha she was the unhappy wife of an officer twenty years older than him. After divorcing her husband, she moved to Paris and began to perform in a venue that is not certainly refined and elegant, the Kireevsky Hall, where she proposed dances with an oriental flavor, evoking a mystical and sacred atmosphere; all perfumed with large doses of “spices” with a strong erotic flavor. Naturally, the society of the time could not help but notice her. In fact, in a short time he became a “case” and his name began to circulate in the most “gossipy” salons of the city. He toured to test his level of popularity, and was hugely successful wherever it was shown. To make his character more exotic and mysterious, he changed his name to Kill hari, which in Malay language means “eye of the dayIn fact, if it was her name that circulated in the salons first, then she was invited in person, not only to the salons in Paris, but also to Milan and Berlin.
But the beautiful and intense life of Kill hari it underwent an abrupt change with the outbreak of the First World War. As in any war worth its salt, not only soldiers and weapons come into play, but also more subtle tools such as espionage and secret plots. The British, for example, became involved in the main operations of the Middle East, the Russians infiltrated Constantinople, the Italians violated the secrets of Vienna, while Austrian saboteurs flew into the battleship port the battleships “Benedetto Brin” and “Leonardo da Vinci. “.
But it took more than brains dedicated to deciphering messages and lurking spies. A seductive and insidious weapon was needed, someone who could understand the hidden secrets operating on people’s living hearts. Who better than a woman, then? And who better still of Kill hari, the quintessential woman, for whom all men fell at her feet?
The Germans had Anne Marie Minor, alias “Fräulein Doktor”, codenamed 1-4GW, the woman who shared the limelight with Kill hari who was able to subtract from the Deuxieme Boureau the list of French agents in neutral countries.
Frail, charming, lover of the good life, confidant of many officers reluctant to life in the barracks, Kill hari He was the ideal character for a duplicity between France and Germany, hired simultaneously by the two intelligence services.
But if a “double” agent is the ideal weapon of information and disinformation, of his loyalty you can never be sure. In that terrible 1917, in which the French army was undermined by desertions at the Chemin des Dames, Kill hari he became the “internal enemy” to be eliminated. It mattered little whether or not Zelle was still the H-21 undercover agent in Berlin. Guilty of treason, the process served the general staff to strengthen the internal front, erasing doubts about the credibility of the Paris intelligence service. He settled the accounts of French espionage since the days of the Dreyfus case.
Truth be told, it’s fair to point out that Kill hariDuring the process, he always proclaimed himself innocent, although he admitted to the court that he had attended the bedrooms of the officers of many foreign countries.