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Female spies and a ghost of German espionage rings
A sweeping account describes Adah Oncken and Adrienne Marsden among a network of German secret service operatives active across Europe. It details cloaked assignments in Ostend and Petersburg, female agents in Vienna and London houses of assignation, and the use of actresses, singers, and couriers to gather state secrets. The piece notes Berlin’s long arm reaching schemes through Korotheenstrasse and Dorotheenstrasse houses, with further tales of betrayal and intrigue across 1910s Europe.
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Wilhelmstrasse
Melkovitch
Roonstrasse 24
Adah
Oncken
Ostend
Meikovitch
Bois de Boulerne
Secret Service
Boulevard Des Italiens
Mont de Piete
Berlin
Adrienne Marsden
Secret Service of
Germany
Russia
Admiralty
Petersburg
The
Nevsky
Ekaterninsky Canal
Ethel
Rneland
Belgium
Brussels
Nassy
Schonbrunn
Francis Josef
Potsdam
Grete
Mediterranean
Nice
Edith Marie Wedel
Wilhelma
Wedel
Vienna
Switzerland
Austria
Empire
Bertin
London
West Kensington
Paris
Rome
Madrid
Constantinople
Athens
Bucharest
Cairo
Ceylon
Bombay
Capetown
Europe
Vocaliss
Palais de Justice
Krausse
Korotheenstrasse
Unter den Linden
Secret Police
Western Hemisphere
Dorotheenstrasse
Wkrausse