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For a long time, Marika Rekk was considered the favorite of Adolf Hitler. And for good reason: during the reign of the Fuhrer, she was one of the brightest stars of German cinema.

After the Second World War, Rekk was forbidden to appear on the screen for his connection with the Nazis. And only recently, thanks to declassified documents, it became clear that the actress worked for Soviet intelligence.

German star from Hungary

In fact, Marika Rekk was not a German by nationality. She was born into a Hungarian family, and spent her childhood and youth in France. In Paris, Marika became seriously interested in choreography and took lessons from professional ballerinas. Rekk had an undoubted artistic talent, so it is not surprising that she soon began performing in variety shows. Moreover, with tours, the dancer traveled almost all of Europe.

By the mid-30s, the artist became known in Germany. At the same time, the German film studio UFA invited Rekk to their staff. The success of the Hungarian contributed a lot to her successful marriage. In 1940, Marika became the wife of the German director Georg Jacobi, who more than once used his official position to film Rekk once again. The actress starred in almost all of Jacobi's films, including the musical comedy The Girl of My Dreams.

Nazi favorite?

It was this trophy picture that was shown in many Soviet cinemas after the victory. However, at the same time, the actress herself was out of work. For 2 years, Rekk was generally banned from filming. It was believed that Marika (like her husband Georg Jacobi) was favored by the Nazis. She was suspected of having an intimate relationship with the German Minister of Education Joseph Goebbels, and even with the Fuhrer himself. It is worth noting that, contrary to the above accusations, Marika Rekk never played in the propaganda films of the Third Reich. She took part exclusively in entertainment tapes, which, however, were produced in Nazi Germany, including with the aim of raising the spirit of German soldiers. Oddly enough, simultaneously with Rekk's accusations of assisting the Nazis, the first rumors about her cooperation with Soviet intelligence appeared in the press.

In 2017, the news that Rekk was indeed a Soviet spy spread all over the media. It was in that year that some archival documents were declassified, from which, according to the press, it followed that Marika and her husband were recruited by the artist's manager, Hines Hoffmeister, who was already working for the USSR at that moment. Rekk and Jacobi became members of the network of the legendary intelligence officer Jan Chernyak, who obtained a copy of the Barbarossa plan in 1941.

For the first time, the version that the German actress could be a Soviet agent was expressed by the Gehlen organization, which later turned into the internal intelligence service of Germany, back in the early 50s. It was then that Marika Rekk, who lived in Austria, announced the opening of her own knitwear store in Dusseldorf, Germany. Gehlen employees felt that the outlet could be a good cover for a spy. On this, the evidence of Rekk's connection with the KGB was exhausted. There are none to this day.

How many wars exist, so much intelligence is in demand. Among the fighters of the invisible front there were many representatives of the fair sex: the biblical Delilah, Mata Hari, the Fraulein Doctor (Elizabeth Schragmüller), the actress Marika Rekk and, finally, Einstein's mistress Margarita Konenkova ... And here is another name. In the autumn of 1945, it flashed on the pages of many foreign newspapers and magazines under sensational headlines: "The spy who mastered Hitler", "A room at the Fuhrer's headquarters", "Under a fur coat - the Order of Lenin", but for many years remained unknown to us.

One of the most mysterious personalities in the history of intelligence is the German No. 1 actress Olga Chekhova.

The name of this actress is associated with many secrets and mysteries that have not been solved so far. Nevertheless, she lived a bright life. One of the legends claims that the houses of A.P. Chekhov in Taganrog and Yalta owe it to her that they survived during the Second World War. A stunning version is associated with her name that the famous Amber Room is hidden in Hitler's bunker in Thuringia, codenamed "Olga". She is considered Stalin's super agent... Everyone who hears this name for the first time, of course, immediately asks the question: "Isn't she a relative? .." A relative. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was her uncle.

Olga Konstantinovna Chekhova

Olga Konstantinovna von Knipper-Dolling (this is her full maiden name) was born in April 1897 in the city of Alexandropol (later it became known as Leninakan) in the family of Konstantin Leonardovich Knipper, the brother of the actress of the Art Theater Olga Knipper-Chekhova. Olga had two native languages since childhood - Russian and German. She spoke French and Italian. Education - classical Russian. Until the age of 17, she lived with her parents either in the Caucasus or in Petrograd.

Young Olga from childhood amazed others with her beauty, intelligence and self-control. The girl could get any education, but from childhood she dreamed of becoming an actress. Due to the position of her parents, Olga Konstantinovna from childhood rotated in the circle of the highest Russian aristocracy and creative intelligentsia. Mother painted beautiful landscapes, parents often played four hands on the piano, staged home performances and concerts. Tolstoy, Rachmaninov, Chaliapin have been here. One of her admirers was the nephew of the writer Mikhail Chekhov, an artist of the first studio of the Art Theater .. Their romance ended in a wedding in 1914. They lived together for 6 years, they had a daughter.

In the summer of 1923 (or 1928?), after the tour of the Moscow Art Theater in Germany, Mikhail Chekhov did not return to the USSR. Together with him, after much persuasion, his beautiful wife remained in Berlin. Olga arrived in her historical homeland before her husband, with whom she no longer had a relationship. Mikhail Alexandrovich adored her, but their marriage did not last long, Olga left him, taking her daughter, to a certain Friedrich Yaroshi, a former Austro-Hungarian prisoner. She kept the name of her first husband and did not change it throughout her life ...

The graduate of the Moscow Art Theater played her first theatrical roles in Moscow (Stanislavsky invited Olga to his theater: on stage she played in such productions as Dickens' Cricket on the Stove, The Cherry Orchard and Chekhov's Three Sisters). Olga seriously took up theatrical activities in Germany. I had to start here with small, unknown poor theaters, where the Russian actress willingly took on any, even the most disadvantageous roles, stubbornly making her way upstairs. Soon, attention was paid to her, and the name of Chekhova began to be printed in large letters on the posters of famous Berlin theaters. In 1921, Chekhova made her debut in the silent film Vogeled Castle. The films "Masquerade", "The World Without a Mask", "Why Marry", "Beautiful Orchids" brought her fame. The film "Moulin Rouge" (1928) directed by Rene Clair (Rene Clair) with her participation entered the classics of world cinema.

She starred in one hundred and thirty-two films, mostly of a romantic nature. None of them was shown in the USSR, although some roles have become classics of world cinema. The affairs of the actress were so successful that she soon helped Mikhail Chekhov to get settled with his new wife in Germany, brought him together with major German directors.

And now this student of the Russian school of theatrical art becomes the "film star No. 1" of Hitler's cinema. Her closest friends were Eva Braun, Magda Goebbels, Leni Riefenstahl, she talked with Goering's wife, actress Emmy Sonneman. But most importantly, the Fuhrer himself loved Olga Chekhova, who put her above the recognized actresses Marika Rokk and Tzara Leander. Having no support, not knowing the German language perfectly, the beautiful and smart Russian first becomes one of the stars of German cinema, and then the "state actress" of the Third Reich. The sentimental German public not only recognized, but also fell in love with Olga.

True, in 1930, Chekhova had a rival, Marlene Dietrich, who, however, quickly disappeared in overseas Hollywood. By the way, Olga was also invited there, but she quickly returned to Germany. With the coming to power of Hitler, this act was appreciated. And here is what she wrote about meetings with the Fuhrer: " My first impression of him: timid, awkward, although he behaves with the ladies with Austrian courtesy. Astonishingly, almost incomprehensibly, his transformation from a ranting bore to a fanatical instigator". In the end, Adolf gives her his photo with the inscription:" Frau Olga Chekhova - frankly delighted and surprised".

Reception at the Ribbentrop, 1939: Adolf Hitler with Olga Chekhova

The Fuhrer personally invited Olga Konstantinovna Chekhova to all important state celebrations, and he always seated her next to him. During V. M. Molotov's visit to Germany, he introduced him to the actress first. Her authority in the country was extraordinary, many high-ranking officials and the military turned to her for help, desperate to solve their problems in the usual way.

When Olga Leonardovna visited Berlin in 1937, she was completely shocked by the reception that her niece organized in her honor. Without exception, all the leaders of fascist Germany, led by the Fuhrer himself, came to it ... A number of Western sources today assert with confidence that it was Olga Chekhova who was the mysterious, well-informed source of information with whom the famous resident who settled in Switzerland kept in touch throughout the war Soviet intelligence Shandor Rado.

Shortly after the end of the war, rumors spread about her; the English press, and then the German press, began to make sensational reports on the front pages: Olga Chekhova worked for Soviet intelligence, spied, and left for Russia, where she was given assignments. For her merits from the hands of Stalin, she received the Order of Lenin. It was even said that she was allegedly involved in the plan developed by Beria to destroy Hitler, given the special closeness to him. The son of Lavrenty Beria, Sergo, in his book "My Father Lavrenty Beria" wrote: he has no doubts that the actress Olga Chekhova was an illegal high-class Soviet intelligence officer.

Lieutenant General P. A. Sudoplatova writes about all this in his book:

"The famous actress Olga Chekhova, the ex-wife of the famous writer's nephew, was close to Radziwill and Goering and was connected with Beria through her relatives in Transcaucasia, the general wrote. - Later, in 1946-1950, she was in personal contact with Minister of State Security Abakumov, who replaced Beria. Initially, it was supposed to be used precisely for communication with Radziwill. We had a plan to kill Hitler, according to which Radziwill and Olga Chekhova, with the help of their friends among the German aristocracy, were to provide our people with access to Hitler. A group of agents abandoned in Germany and underground in Berlin was completely subordinate to the militant Igor Miklashevsky, who arrived in Germany at the beginning of 1942.

In 1942, Miklashevsky managed to meet Olga Chekhova at one of the receptions. He conveyed to Moscow that Goering could be easily removed, but the Kremlin showed little interest in this. In 1943, Stalin abandoned his original plan to assassinate Hitler because he was afraid that once Hitler was eliminated, Nazi circles and the military would try to conclude a separate peace treaty with the Allies without the participation of the Soviet Union.".

But there is another opinion: all the hype around the name of Chekhova is a specially planned and well-executed disinformation that the Soviet Mata Hari was in the very lair of the Nazis, and our intelligence was so powerful.

During the storming of Berlin, Olga and her daughter lived in the town of Gross-Glienik, where she had a luxurious villa. There she was arrested on April 27, 1945 by officers of the military counterintelligence Smersh of the 1st Belorussian Front. During the interrogation, Olga called her undercover pseudonym Merlin, but the Smershevites showed complete ignorance and asked Moscow. Immediately followed the order of the head of the Main Directorate, Smersh Abakumov, to deliver Olga by plane to Moscow. There she was settled in a safe house, where Olga lived as an honorary prisoner for about two months, although in extremely comfortable conditions, but still - locked up.

Olga Chekhova 1970s

At the end of June 1945, Chekhova settled in the Soviet occupation zone. She later moved to Munich where she continued her artistic career. Already in 1950, she was busy filming seven films. Four years later, she stopped acting, but did not leave the stage until 1962, changing cities and theaters. The energetic actress had no shortage of clients when, three years later, she opened her salon "Cosmetics of Olga Chekhova" near Hamburg, which soon became one of the most famous in Europe. Her mother's recipes helped: together with her, Olga collected herbs in her childhood in Tsarskoye Selo and made various creams, lotions, shampoos, eau de toilette, cosmetic milk from them ... The company has long been gone ...

Grave of Olga Chekhova Munich

Olga Chekhova's memoirs "My clock goes differently" ("Meine Uhren gehen anders") was published in 1973. The last years of Olga's life were overshadowed by the death of her daughter, who died in a plane crash. During her lifetime, she was a famous actress. Olga's granddaughter, Vera Chekhova, followed in the footsteps of her grandmother and mother. In the fall of 1980, 83-year-old Olga Konstantinovna Chekhova died of brain cancer. Her grave is in Munich at the Obermenzing Cemetery (Friedhof Obermenzing).

A small excerpt (Erst kommt ein großes Fragezeichen) from a 1930 film starring Olga Chekhova

That we are all about Svidomo and primitive Ukrainians. Let's talk about the beautiful, but about the first ancient profession - about women and intelligence. How many wars exist, so much intelligence is in demand. Among the fighters of the invisible front there were many representatives of the fair sex: the biblical Delilah, Mata Hari, the Fraulein Doctor (Elizabeth Schragmüller), the actress Marika Rekk and, finally, Einstein's mistress Margarita Konenkova ... And here is another name. In the autumn of 1945, it flashed on the pages of many foreign newspapers and magazines under sensational headlines: "The spy who mastered Hitler", "A room at the Fuhrer's headquarters", "Under a fur coat - the Order of Lenin", but for many years remained unknown to us.

One of the most mysterious personalities in the history of intelligence is the German No. 1 actress Olga Chekhova.

Olga Konstantinovna Chekhova

Reception at the Ribbentrop, 1939: Adolf Hitler with Olga Chekhova

Lieutenant General P. A. Sudoplatova writes about all this in his book:

Olga Chekhova 1970s

At the end of June 1945, Chekhova settled in the Soviet occupation zone. She later moved to Munich where she continued her artistic career. Already in 1950, she was busy filming seven films. Four years later, she stopped acting, but did not leave the stage until 1962, changing cities and theaters. The energetic actress had no shortage of clients when, three years later, she opened her salon "Cosmetics of Olga Chekhova" near Hamburg, which soon became one of the most famous in Europe. Her mother's recipes helped: together with her, Olga collected herbs in Tsarskoye Selo as a child and made various creams, lotions, shampoos, eau de toilette, cosmetic milk from them ... The company has long been gone ..

A small excerpt (Erst kommt ein großes Fragezeichen) from a 1930 film starring Olga Chekhova

The wedding was secret. And romantic - in a village church near Moscow. When the secret became clear, all relatives were shocked. First, too young and stupid. And secondly, what will the bride's parents say?!

First love

Olenka was sent to her aunt Olga Leonardovna Knipper, who had recently become the wife of the famous writer Chekhov, not at all so that the granddaughter of the tsarist general (!) jumped out to marry some aspiring artist! So what if he is the cousin of this writer? On a relative, nature could rest. Besides, what and where will they live now? And the young did not bother. They were in love and sparkled with joy. Both played in Stanislavsky's studio: Misha is talented, and Olenka is untalented, smart and very beautiful! It is no coincidence that Volodya Chekhov also fell in love with her, everyone looks at her.

After a year and a half, the lovers, however, faded ... Yes, they had a daughter, they named Ada, but joy did not increase. Misha, of course, is a rising star, they say, even a genius. She didn't seem to faint. But while she was preparing to become a mother, her husband had new companions, whom he did not hesitate to bring into the house. Vladimir unrequitedly continued to love Olga. It all ended quickly and tragically. With Mikhail, they lived together for only three and a half years. Olga left her husband for a handsome Hungarian, and Vladimir shot himself. With her new husband, she left for Berlin to pursue an artistic career, leaving her last name Chekhova. Thanks to Anton Pavlovich - why change the name that is on everyone's lips.

In 1923 Mikhail Chekhov joined Olga. Although by that time she had already separated from her second husband (adventurer!), The former spouses were not going to live together. It's just that Mikhail came on tour to Berlin and stayed. True, no one here knew him yet. And her name in Berlin was already printed on posters in large letters, at first she helped him get comfortable, but that's all. The glory of a brilliant artist in the West was ahead of him.

German movie star

And she continued to make a career, only now in the cinema. It was necessary to master the German language so as to speak without an accent. And she spared no money - she took lessons from the famous professor, nor strength - she studied day and night. Back in 1921, Olga Chekhova starred in the film Vogeled Castle by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. Now she spoke without any accent and could become a real star of German cinema. Moreover, she has already comprehended all the subtleties of the filming process. After all, in 1929, as a director, she directed the film “Jester of Your Love” - is it any wonder that the brilliant, albeit abandoned husband Mikhail Chekhov played the main role in it. In 1930, Olga Chekhova received German citizenship. And Mikhail helped to get settled with a new wife.

“Masquerade”, “Hanerl and her lover”, “Beautiful orchids”, “Moulin Rouge” - now Olga Chekhova did not belong to herself, she was adored, the audience of Europe and America admired her, but not the USSR. However, she did not lose touch with her homeland. How she managed to organize the transfer of her mother and beloved Ada from the country of the Soviets to Germany, no one could understand. But she succeeded. Maybe thanks to my brother.

Brother

Lev Knipper was an officer in the tsarist army, then a white one. With the remnants of Wrangel's troops from the Crimea, he ended up in a foreign land. The allies betrayed. One on one with memories of the abandoned homeland, he suffered, yearned. Changed a lot. In those difficult days, filled with the desire to return to Russia, he was recruited by the foreign intelligence of the OGPU. In 1922, the prodigal son, a student of Gnesina and Gliere (before the revolution, he received an excellent musical education) returned to Moscow. Further, his whole life was connected with music. And with the song "Polyushko-Field", which was included in the 4th symphony, called "The Poem of a Komsomol Soldier", Lev Konstantinovich Knipper immortalized himself - here the opinions of the Russian composer G. Sviridov and the American conductor L. Stokowski coincided.

But, besides the visible part of Knipper's bright musical life, in which he twice won the Stalin Prize, there was another, invisible part, which none of his colleagues even knew about. In it, for example, in 1941, if the Germans entered Moscow, he had to sacrifice his life to blow up Hitler. For this, a special ingenious operation was developed, based on ... the Fuhrer's love for his sister, actress Olga Chekhova. Whether his brilliant sister was recruited at the same time is not known. In any case, there is no documentary evidence of this. Olga continued to correspond with her brother Leo and aunt Olya, who lived in Russia, a recognized star and conscience of the Moscow Art Theater, awarded and favored by the authorities, as the envious assured, beyond measure. And her aunt still, either jokingly or seriously, called her an "adventurer." The fact of correspondence means something, but something else is more important.

Irina Nalyarskaya

Continue reading in No. 1, 2016 of the magazine "Secrets and Crimes"

Surprisingly, there have always been many young women among the fans of the Great and Terrible, and it was they who were his most ardent admirers, even in those days when the phrase Adolf Hitler did not say anything not only to the world, but also to professional politicians ...

The Fuhrer himself has always been known as a very gallant man - the chronicles are full of shots of kisses and kisses in, so to speak, a working environment ...

Well, there were just legends about how Hitler was adored by actresses and cabaret singers ... Before you is the Fuhrer at a meeting with the troupe of one of the Berlin theaters - mind you, pretty young girls surrounded Adolf in a dense joyful ring ... What can we say about the women to whom Hitler somehow turned his attention ...

So it's safe to say that the magnificent Marlene Dietrich became the only woman in the world who refused Adolf the courtesy of being his official mistress...

She was his favorite actress, and Hitler was never shy about talking about it ... Well, did the Fuhrer manage to get his favorite into bed, will forever remain a mystery ...

According to the official version, the Fuhrer primarily admired her dramatic performance, but the dictator's contemporaries from time to time mentioned that Hitler most often spoke about the legs of the actress ...

In 1937, Dietrich became an American citizen. But her ardent admirer until the last wanted her to return to Germany. However, even Rudolf Hess, who secretly met with Marlene, failed to persuade the actress to move to her homeland...

Moreover, in 1939-1945, Marlene took an active part in anti-fascist propaganda, performing as a singer in front of American soldiers. So much so that the Reich Minister of Propaganda Goebbels declares a radio war on Dietrich ... Of course, the role of a brave anti-fascist woman only added glory to her star name, but ... That's just the actress in her native Germany
returned only in a coffin - she is buried in the Berlin cemetery ...

And this is far from the worst fate of the “fuhrer who liked it” ... What the female sex did not do because of Hitler! .. For example, Eva Braun tried to commit suicide twice ...

Her acquaintance with Hitler happened in 1929, when she was 17, and Adolf was 40 years old ...

According to contemporaries, she was "the cutest girl with a beautiful figure"...

The drawings of Hitler himself only confirm the above ...

She lived with him from 1932 until their joint suicide in Hitler's bunker in Berlin...

And this life can not be called too pleasant ...

The existence of the Fuhrer's permanent concubine was not advertised, in the minds of the Germans he was single, and Hitler received a huge number of letters from girls who dreamed of marrying him ...

So in his estate "Berghof" she occupied only the humiliating role of a simple "girlfriend". Nevertheless, she wrote in her diary: "I am the beloved of the greatest man in Germany and the world!"

The body of Eva Braun (after she had taken the poison) was burned simultaneously with the body of Hitler in the courtyard of the Reich Chancellery in Berlin ...

However, from time to time there are publications in the world press that Hitler and his wife (Eva married Adolf the day before his death) managed to escape from Germany... For example, to Argentina...

In particular, in front of you is the house in which the Hitler couple allegedly lived a long and happy life...

And this, so to speak, is the couple itself ... With children ...

All this could be considered wild speculation, if not for one "but" ... In 1945, the American FBI quite seriously adhered to a similar version and even distributed among its employees photographs of Hitler's possible transformation ...

Magda Goebbels can be considered another victim of Hitler's charm...

She personified the ideal of a German woman in the Third Reich. Beautiful and educated, a staunch supporter of the ideas of National Socialism, she shared the views and convictions of her husband, German Propaganda Minister and Berlin Gauleiter Joseph Goebbels in everything ...

She simply could not help but become the Fuhrer's favorite ... And she became her ...

Nazi propaganda called Magda "the German supermother", she gave birth to seven children. According to contemporaries who knew well the high society of Germany at that time, it was Magda Goebbels who undoubtedly played the role of the first lady of the Third Reich. At official receptions and meetings there was not a single woman as close to Hitler as she was ... And on the sidelines they whispered that not all of her children could consider dear Joseph to be the father ...

Yes, Hitler was very friendly with his propaganda minister, but this did not change anything, but only made the situation more piquant ...
So the "first lady" of the Third Reich, the very personification of an Aryan and an aristocrat, quite sincerely wrote: "I love my husband, but my love for Hitler is stronger, for him I would be ready to die! .."

Indeed, when the collapse of the empire was confirmed, she killed her six children with her own hands and died herself ... Here are the posthumous photographs of the Goebbels ...

The seventeen-year-old niece of the Fuhrer Geli Raubal committed suicide because of her uncle ...

Contemporaries claim that only Hitler truly loved her ... They first met in 1925, and Hitler was immediately fascinated by a fair-haired girl with a pleasant quiet voice ...

In 1929, Hitler rented a huge apartment in Munich and moved Raubal there. He took her everywhere with him - to rallies, conferences, cafes and theaters. Geli passionately wanted to become an opera singer and hoped for the help of her uncle in this ...

When rumors reached Geli that Hitler intended to marry Winifred Wagner (the bride in front of you), the widow of the composer Richard Wagner's son Siegfried Wagner, her despair knew no bounds. In turn, Hitler suspected Geli of a secret love affair with his bodyguard Emil Maurice...

In the summer of 1931, Geli, who was tired of Hitler's despotism and constant frenzied jealousy, was about to move to Vienna. Hitler, who was leaving for Hamburg on September 17 to conduct an election campaign, categorically forbade her to do this, and on September 18 she was found shot to death in Hitler's own apartment. The mystery of Geli Raubal's death has never been solved. It was rumored that Hitler himself killed her in a fit of jealousy. According to another version, Heinrich Himmler made sure that no one distracted the Fuhrer from party affairs. There was also a version about the suicide of Geli, who learned that since October 1929 Hitler had met with Eva Braun. However, according to contemporaries, Hitler was very upset by the loss of his beloved ...

The most talented actress and director, the beauty Leni Riefenstahl...

This sophisticated beauty, having visited one of Wolf's performances, was so fascinated by his performance that she wrote him a letter asking for a personal meeting...

Hitler could not pass by this amazing, energetic, masculinely demanding woman...

Among her contemporaries, she was a real black sheep - she flew on planes, dragged along the seas and deserts, and filmed, filmed, filmed ...

Even on the frames of the stingy official chronicle, it is clear that "these two crazy people" were fine with each other ...

Of course, according to the official version, they met only "at work" ...

An innovative film director and Hitler's personal cameraman... These definitions remained close to Leni's name... Critics from all over the world unanimously agreed that although Mrs. Riefenstahl was not a member of the National Socialist Party, thanks to her films, thousands of people joined the ranks of the Nazis ...

So for the rest of her life, she proved that she only wanted to make films, that she was interested in "pure art" ... But anyway, it was Leni who created the artistic symbol of fascism - the film "Triumph of the Will". The symbol is so convincing that they wanted to demonstrate at the Nuremberg trials as an illustration of Nazi ideology. Many years later, when asked if she was proud of this, Riefenstahl said: “What are you, I regret that I took it off: if I had known what it would bring me, I would never have done it!”

After the end of World War II, Riefenstahl was imprisoned several times and even spent two years in a lunatic asylum. In the end, all accusations of complicity with Nazism were dropped, and Riefenstahl was no longer prosecuted. Nevertheless, the entire world cinema turned away from the "chief director of the Nazis." None of her post-war projects (in which such stars as Anna Magnani, Brigitte Bardot, Jean Cocteau, Jean Marais participated) were completed. She died at 102...

Officially, she met with Hitler only twice... How many of these meetings were in fact, today no one will tell you...

"Nazi Greta Garbo", as her European colleagues called her... By the mid-thirties, she was already a star of Scandinavian cinema and cabaret, receiving invitations not only to various European film studios, but also to Hollywood. But he remains in Europe ... And in 1936 he receives a contract at the Ufa film studio in Berlin, where, after Marlene Dietrich refused to return from the USA, the superstar position was vacant ...

Tzara turned out to be a real businessman, bargaining for influence on film production and high fees. The dumbfounded Minister of Propaganda Goebbels calls her "the enemy of Germany" in the middle of the day, but the Fuhrer intervenes in the situation ...

Her musical recordings were broadcast over loudspeakers even in concentration camps, making her a favorite of both prisoners and their jailers ... Which allowed some historians to argue that Tzara was in fact a Soviet spy ... For the rest of her life, she refused to be involved in politics, insisting that her job is to entertain, but... In Germany, she was branded a "traitor" and her films were banned, and in Sweden her name was associated with Nazi propaganda...

The actress died in 1981 in Stockholm...

Olga Chekhova ... As you know, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov married the Moscow Art Theater actress Olga Leonardovna Knipper, and shortly before this significant event, a girl named after her aunt was born in the family of the actress's brother, Konstantin Leonardovich. Young Olga from childhood amazed others with her beauty, intelligence and self-control. The girl could get any education, but from childhood she dreamed of becoming an actress. And now this brilliant student of the Russian school of theatrical art becomes the "film star No. 1" of Hitler's cinema ... Her closest friends were Eva Braun, Magda Goebbels, Leni Riefenstahl, she talked with Goering's wife, actress Emmy Sonneman ... But most importantly, she loved Olga Chekhova the Fuhrer himself, who placed her above the recognized actresses Marika Rokk and Tzara Leander. In Russia, films with her participation have never been shown ...

Having no support, not knowing the German language, the beautiful and smart Russian first becomes one of the stars of German cinema, and then the "state actress" of the Third Reich. The sentimental German public not only recognized, but also fell in love with Olga. True, in 1930, Chekhova had a rival, Marlene Dietrich, who, however, quickly disappeared in overseas Hollywood. By the way, Olga was also invited there, but she quickly returned to Germany. With the coming to power of Hitler, this act was appreciated. And here is what she wrote about meetings with the Fuhrer: "My first impression of him: timid, awkward, although he behaves with ladies with Austrian courtesy. It is amazing, almost incomprehensible, his transformation from a ranting bore into a fanatical instigator." In the end, Adolf gives her his photo with the inscription: "Frau Olga Chekhova - frankly delighted and surprised."

After the war, Olga Konstantinovna Knipper-Chekhova practically did not act in films ... She died in 1980 at the age of 83 from brain cancer in Europe. Already after her death, two stunning news appeared: the first said that the famous Amber Room was hidden in Hitler's bunker in Thuringia with the code name "Olga", and the second - that the actress had worked for the NKVD all her life ... And immediately there was a lot of evidence and a lot of documents have been declassified, undeniably proving this ...

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