British spy who sang for Hitler

An opera singer, who spied on the Germans for UK, fooled Nazi secret police Gestapo by hiding secret documents in her underwear as she sang for Adolf Hitler at Berlin`s Opera House, it has emerged.

In fact, this incredible story of Margery Booth`s daring double-life has been revealed for the first time after a picture of her was put up for auction, the Sun reported.
Margery, who was married to German doctor Egon Strohm, stayed in Berlin when the World War II broke out and regularly performed for Hitler and the Nazi top brass at Berlin`s famous Opera House. But she was also secretly meeting with British spy John Brown in Berlin gathering information on British traitors working for the Nazis.

Richard Westwood-Brookes, from auctioneer Mullock`s, said: "On one occasion he passed her some documents just prior to a performance she gave to Hitler -- and the papers were hidden in her underwear. It was an incredibly brave thing to do. Towards the end of the war, John Brown's secret activities became known to the Nazis and Margery Booth was arrested and tortured by the Gestapo.

"But she remained silent and without being able to prove anything the Gestapo finally let her go."