Entertainer Josephine Baker Smuggled Intel in her Sheet Music & Underwear
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Josephine Baker was not only a famous dancer and singer— but she also worked for the French resistance during World War II. Baker attended many parties as an entertainer and gathered information about German troop locations. She rubbed elbows with all sorts of people, including high-ranking Japanese and Italian officials. She was so beloved; no one suspected the sheet music she carried while traveling for her work contained notes in invisible ink from gathering intelligence. Baker also smuggled notes by pinning them inside her underwear and later relaying them to France’s military intelligence. After the war ended, she was awarded the Croix de Guerre and was named a Chevalier of the Légion d’honneur by General Charles de Gaulle.