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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 “American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally,” it takes only one rendition to have much the same effect on the viewer, though that may be because by the time Mildred Gillars (Meadow Williams ...
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.
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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.
She was eventually nicknamed Axis Sally and convicted of treason. Variety's Jessica Kiang called the film "clumsy, campy and kitsch, but also deadeningly dull for long stretches."