"Marthe Cohn, who died at 105, was a French spy during WWII, keeping it secret fo" – The Wall Street Journal, June 6, 2025

Marthe Cohn, who died at 105, was a French spy during WWII, keeping it secret for 50 years, even from her family. Cohn spoke German fluently and posed as a nurse to gather intel on Nazi troop locations. Her superiors had affectionately nicknamed her “Chichinette.” Translation: “Little Pain in the Neck.” Only in the late 1990s did she reveal she’d been a spy. Later, asked why she’d kept her story a secret for so long, Cohn would fall back on variations of the same one-liner: “Who would believe it? I didn’t look like a spy. Spies are supposed to be tall and beautiful.” Read more: https://on.wsj.com/3Ta98D5

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