Celebrity Spies, Part 3/3 - The Josephine Baker Effect | Deuxième Bureau
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Josephine Baker's Legacy as a Performer
It was not until 2021 that Josephine Baker's contribution to the Allied victory was properly acknowledged by the French state. Over 70 years after the end of the war, she was interred at the Pantheon in Paris - the highest honour attainable in France. Once again, it was France, not her country of birth, that finally acknowledged her extraordinary courage. Her legacy as a performer defies probability given the harsh conditions of her birth. Yet when her work as an agent of the French resistance is factored in, she takes on a stature that elevates her into a heroic realm few can access.
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