was an
American broadcaster employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate Axis
propaganda during World War II. Following her capture in
post-war Berlin, she became the first woman to be convicted of treason against the United States.
Mildred Gillars was indicted on September 10, 1948 and charged with ten counts of treason, but only eight were used at her trial which began on
January 25, 1949. The prosecution relied on the large number of her programs recorded by the Federal Communications Commission, stationed in
Silver Hill, Maryland, to show her active participation in
propaganda activities directed at the United States. It was also shown that Gillars had taken an oath of allegiance to Adolf Hitler.