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The St. Galler Mata Hari (Swiss Press Local 2025, by Luca Hochreutener) - Swiss Press Award

St. Galler Tagblatt / CH Media

Local
2025

Luca Hochreutener

Lydia Oswald was a St. Gallen native who spied for Nazi Germany in the 1930s. To avoid suspicion, she posed as a journalist for the St. Gallen Tagblatt newspaper—until she was arrested in France. This article describes Oswald's life story and the reactions to the espionage scandal in her hometown of eastern Switzerland.

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