Marte Cohn

Who is Marte Cohn?

Marthe Cohn, is an author and Holocaust survivor. In 2002, she co-authored with Wendy Holden a book about her experiences as part of the Intelligence Service of the French 1st Army, commanded by Marshal of France Jean de Lattre de Tassigny. Entitled, "Behind Enemy Lines: the True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany", the book details how Cohn, a nurse fluent in German, travelled into German territory and collected intelligence information for the French Army.

Cohn was decorated with the Croix de Guerre in 1945 with two citations for her work as a member of the First French Army Intelligence Service. After 13 unsuccessful attempts to cross the front in Alsace, she crossed the border into Germany near Schaffhausen in Switzerland. From Germany, she was able to report to her service two major pieces of information: that northwest of Freiburg, the Siegfried Line had been evacuated and where the remnant of the German Army laid in ambush in the Black Forest.

"Behind Enemy Lines" was published by Harmony Books.