Legacy

Legacy:
As Mata Hari kneeled before the firing squad, rumours say she blew a kiss and was wearing a neat tailored suit, specifically made for the occasion. Whether or not that is true, we do not know, but one thing is for sure, Margaretha Zelle would have had her head up, chin high with no change of expression, she would have been a proud, respectable women, her last words were purported to be “Merci, monsieur”. Some say she even refused a blind fold, which makes her story much more remarkable, facing death straight in the eye. Imaginations ran wild as the idea of an exotic dancer being a double agent, extracting military secrets from the ‘pillow’ set the legend and made Mata Hari a lasting prime example of the femme fatale. Much of the legend and rumours of what exactly happened after her death and whether or not she did kill 50,000 people started to circle after the film titled Mata Hari, based on the real events of Margaretha Zelle, most of it was fictional. The exciting story of Mata Hari soon turned into more movies, TV shows and even video games.