The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Josephine Baker, French war hero



Alan Riding says Josephine Baker had dual French and American citizenship when, having lived in Paris for more than a decade, she worked as a valued spy for the Free French.

After the US joined the war she volunteered to entertain the GIs across North Africa, always insisting she was there as a representative of the Free French.

Who knew?

Well, I didn’t, anyway.

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