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Mildred Elizabeth Gillars (née Sisk; November 29, 1900 – June 25, 1988) [1] was an American broadcaster employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate Axis propaganda during World War II. Following her capture in post-war Berlin , Gillars became the first woman to be convicted of treason against the United States. [ 2 ]
Axis Sally was the generic nickname given to women radio personalities who broadcast English-language propaganda on behalf of the European Axis Powers during World War II. These included: Mildred Gillars, a German American who broadcast for Nazi Germany.
The story plunges the viewer into the dark underbelly of the Third Reich's propaganda machine, Sally's eventual capture, and her subsequent trial for treason in Washington D.C. after the war. The court trial intends to prove that Axis Sally is a traitor to her country.
In 1981’s “Lili Marleen,” directed by German provocateur R.W. Fassbinder, the titular song is repeatedly played to an imprisoned man in an effort to break his spirit. In “American Traitor ...
In Berlin, Koischwitz began a relationship with another American working for German state radio, Mildred Gillars, who would become widely known as ‘Axis Sally’. Koischwitz and Gillars became lovers [4] and before long Koischwitz was working her into his political broadcasts. Together they formed a powerful propaganda duo.
Rita Luisa Zucca (Italian: [ˈriːta luˈiːza tˈtsukka]; 1912–1998) was an American-Italian radio announcer who broadcast Axis propaganda to Allied troops in Italy and North Africa. [1] She became known as one of the "Axis Sallys", along with Mildred Gillars, who broadcast from Berlin, Germany.
'Killer Sally' is a doc telling the story of a Sally McNeil, a woman who murdered her husband. All about her kids, Shantina and John, and where they are now. 'Killer Sally's Kids Were At Home When ...
Walter Kaner (May 5, 1920 – June 26, 2005) was a journalist and radio personality who broadcast using the name Tokyo Mose during and after World War II. Kaner broadcast on U.S. Army Radio, at first to offer comic rejoinders to the propaganda broadcasts of Tokyo Rose and then as a parody to entertain U.S. troops abroad.