BOOTH, Margery
Margery Myers Booth (1906-1952) was a British mezzo-soprano who emigrated to Germany during WWII and became a spy. Arrested by the Gestapo in 1944 and tortured, she was later released by the liberating army. Not being recognized for what she did after her return to London, Myers Booth emigrated to New York where she died of breast cancer in 1952, at age 46.
Rare signed postcard photograph, shown as Dryade in Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos dated in 1942. Photo by F. Gringmuth, Berlin. Size is 3.5 x 5.5 inches, in excellent condition.
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Margery Myers Booth (1906-1952) was a British mezzo-soprano who emigrated to Germany during WWII and became a spy. Arrested by the Gestapo in 1944 and tortured, she was later released by the liberating army. Not being recognized for what she did after her return to London, Myers Booth emigrated to New York where she died of breast cancer in 1952, at age 46.
Rare signed postcard photograph, shown as Dryade in Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos dated in 1942. Photo by F. Gringmuth, Berlin. Size is 3.5 x 5.5 inches, in excellent condition.
