Marthe Cohn, 97, tells how she became a spy in Germany during World War II. The French government has recognized her with, among other awards, Medaille of the Reconnaissance de la Nation in 2006.

Marthe Cohn didn’t think twice when she was recruited as a spy in 1944. The French Jewish woman had seen so many in her family and community killed and suffering at the hands of the Nazis.

Marthe Cohn, a Holocaust survivor and nurse who went behind Germany enemy lines on behalf of French intelligence and helped undermine the German military in the waning days of World War II, died ...

But for Marthe Cohn, who turned 99 this past spring, that's not enough. A nurse by professional training, she did not "retire" until she was approaching 80-and that was only because, at the urging of ...

Marthe Cohn, 99, doesn't want people to forget the lessons that were learned about Hitler's rise to power and the horrors of the Holocaust. Posted August 21, 2019. Updated August 22, 2019.

Marthe Cohn speaking at F&M's Common Hour seated with her husband, Major Cohn. Cohn was a French nurse who went behind German lines in WWII as a spy. Thursday, September 5, 2019.

Marthe Cohn, a French Jewish woman who served as a spy for the Allied forces against the Nazi regime, has died at the age of 105 on Tuesday. She died at her home in California. Her surviving husband ...

WASHINGTON — Marthe Hoffnung Cohn is 84 years old now and hard of hearing. Her white hair and petite frame -- all 4 feet 7 1/2 inches of her -- suggest an innocent demeanor. But behind the ...

Marthe Cohn is coming to Portland to tell how she infiltrated World War II Germany for the Free French Forces. Sign in or Subscribe See Offers. Sign In: Login. Forgot password?

Marthe Cohn, a 99 year old Jewish woman born in France, tells the story of how she became a spy in Nazi Germany. For decades after the war ended she never spoke about the experience, but now she ...

A speaking engagement in Baton Rouge this week by 97-year-old Holocaust survivor Marthe Cohn has been canceled because her husband is sick, the event's organizer announced Monday.