Jacques Abtey

French military officerWikipedia

2

MENTIONS

1

EPISODES

1

PODCASTS

Oct 10, 2026

Oct 10 · 2 Mentions

speaker_0NARRATOR

13:33

And then the war.

speaker_0NARRATOR

13:36

When Germany invades France in 1940, a captain of French military intelligence named Jacques Abtey asks Josephine Baker to work for him.

speaker_0NARRATOR

13:48

She says yes at once.

speaker_0NARRATOR

13:50

"France made me what I am," she tells him.

31 MINS LATER

speaker_0NARRATOR

44:55

It will come around again at the very end of this story.

speaker_0NARRATOR

45:02

And then the war.

speaker_0NARRATOR

45:06

When Germany invades France in 1940, a captain of French military intelligence named Jacques Abtey asks Josephine Baker to work for him.

speaker_0NARRATOR

45:22

She says yes at once.