Marlène Dietrich, entertaining on the front lines, signs autographs for American soldiers, circa 1945. (Photo by Keystone-FranceGamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
During World War II Marlene Dietrich made more than 500 appearances before American troops overseas. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
Marlene Dietrich, icon of Hollywood’s golden era, was a proud patriot, grandson shares Adolf Hitler sent agents to see the actress to convince her to return to Germany By Stephanie Nolasco | Fox News Published December 4, 2020
Marlene Dietrich is celebrated as one of Hollywood’s most glamorous movie stars, but the Berlin-born actress preferred being on the front lines with troops fighting during World War II.
“She was happiest serving the Allied troops during World War II,” the late icon’s grandson Peter Riva recently told Closer Weekly.
“She called them ‘my boys’ for the rest of her life, and they responded accordingly,” he added.
According to the outlet, Dietrich moved to the United States in 1930. In 1937, while filming in England, Dietrich was approached by agents of Adolf Hitler, attempting to convince the screen siren to return to Germany, the New York Times reported. Dietrich, appalled by the fascist regime, slammed the offer. Consequently, her films were banned in Germany.
The CIA shared that after Dietrich became an American citizen in 1939, she felt it was her duty to defend the country and use her talent to make a significant contribution to the war effort. With the beginning of U.S. involvement in the war in 1941, Dietrich became one of the first celebrities to raise war bonds.
She later roughed it out with other G.I.s sleeping in frosty dugouts near the front lines where she would sing and play a musical saw. Dietrich also recorded a number of anti-Nazi albums in German to create skepticism among listeners.
According to the Library of Congress, Dietrich made two overseas USO tours. The first was to North Africa and Italy, making her the first entertainer to reach rescued soldiers. For her second tour, which lasted 11 months, she entertained near the front lines in France and Germany.
From Killing Patton by O'Reilly and Dugard: "Bradley has allowed a group of professional American baseball players to tour the area the Germans are now attacking. The alluring film actress Marlene Dietrich is also on hand. She has just finished performing in the Belgian crossroads town of Bastogne. Tonight she is scheduled to put on a show for the men of the Ninety-Ninth Division in the Belgian hamlet of Honsfeld. That concert has been abruptly canceled."
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