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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 ]
Miracle at St. Anna is a 2008 American–Italian epic war film directed by Spike Lee and written by James McBride, based on McBride's 2003 novel of the same name.The film stars Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, Pierfrancesco Favino and Valentina Cervi, with John Turturro, Joseph Gordon Levitt, John Leguizamo, D.B. Sweeney and Kerry Washington in supporting roles.
On their radio shows, the two Axis Sally personalities would typically alternate between swing music and propaganda messages aimed at American troops. These messages would typically emphasize the value of surrender, stoke fears that soldiers' wives and girlfriends were cheating on them, and point out that the Axis powers knew their locations.
In 2002, McBride published a novel, Miracle at St. Anna, drawing on the history of the overwhelmingly African-American 92nd Infantry Division in the Italian campaign from mid-1944 to April 1945. The book was adapted into the 2008 movie Miracle at St. Anna , directed by Spike Lee .
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.
Miracle at St. Anna (2008, directed by Spike Lee), as Axis Sally; The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008, directed by Uli Edel), as Petra Schelm; The Reader (2008, directed by Stephen Daldry), as Young Ilana Mather; Kaifeck Murder (2009), as Juliana Lukas; The City of Your Final Destination (2009, directed by James Ivory), as Deirdre Rothemund
Anna Marie Tendler has announced she's publishing a memoir titled "Men Have Called Her Crazy" three years after her split from comedian and former "Saturday Night Live" writer John Mulaney.
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.