David Nezelek
Cibbuano
TyronneMata Hari – Part 1
September 26th 2008 00:04
Intrigue, Sex and Betrayal - An Introduction to Mata Hari
Mata Hari 1876-1917
The name Mata Huri when muttered today cojures up images of an exotic, sensual temptress who used her allure to operate as the ultimate female double agent during WWI. A mater, executed by firing squad for espionage in 1917, the truth is even more intriguing.
Mata Hari flaunts it
Travelling through the East and Europe in her lifetime, she was an erotic dancer and courtesan who traded in military secrets and strategy. Born in 1876 as Margaretha Zelle in the Netherlands her earlier years went by in opulent settings attending private schools and receiving a quality education. Her father a successful investment trader who abruptly went bankrupt in 1889, divorced her mother who died a year later.
Restless and impulsive she began studying to become a kindergarten teacher but was forced to leave the college because the headmaster was flirting with her. Her godfather Heer Visser with whom she was living at the time insisted on her abandoning her studies.
Running away to an Uncle’s house in Prague shortly after, by the time of her 18th Birthday Margaretha was heading to Amsterdam. Answering a newspaper ad Military Officer Rudolf John MacLeod placed seeking a wife.
A License to Seduce
Siring two children with Margaretha, the family moved to java in the West Indies. Unfortunately Rudolf was a mean drunk who beat the young woman, and openly cheated on her with a native girl and also a mistress.
After a fling with one of Rudolf’s fellow officers Mrs Macleod took up dance and began to use her stage name of Mata Hari, in letters to relatives, the year was 1869.
Divorcing her husband and returning to the Netherlands, her son died of a syphilis related disease at 9 years old. Her daughter also died under similar circumstances at 21….stay tuned for PART TWO when Mata Hari moves to Paris and begins to create a legend.
A short video montage of Mata hari Images
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