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Nathalie "Lily" Sergueiew (January 24, 1912 – May 17, 1950) was a double agent who worked for MI5 during World War II under the codename "Treasure". She played a significant role in the Double-Cross System, particularly by deceiving the Germans about the location of the D-Day landings.
During World War II Nathalie “Lily” Sergueiew, a woman of mystery, confidently seduced the German Intelligence Service into employing her as a spy against their British enemy.
Nathalie „Lily“ Sergueiew, russisch Ната́лья Серге́ева, war eine russischstämmige französische Doppelagentin, die während des Zweiten Weltkriegs für den britischen Geheimdienst MI5 gegen die Deutschen spionierte. Ihr Deckname war Treasure.
Nathalie SERGUEIEW, alias Lily, codename TREASURE; French. SERGUEIEW, a pre-war journalist based in Paris, offered her services to an acquaintance working for German Intelligence with the express...
- 1943 Jul 15-1943 Nov 22
- KV 2/464
- The National Archives, Kew
At the center of it all was Nathalie ‘Lily’ Sergueiew - ironically codenamed ‘Treasure’ because she was a nightmare to deal with - and her Jack Russell, ‘Babs’. Mercurial French spy Lily Sergueiew with Babs (aka Frisson)
Nathalie “Lily” Sergueiev (1912-1950), was the one agent who came closest to destroying Operation FORTITUDE, and her motivation was to betray MI-5 because of her dog. Codenamed TREASURE (ironically because she was a nightmare to deal with), Sergueiev was a Frenchwoman of White Russian origins.
Jun 6, 2024 · The D-Day landings in Normandy, France, 80 years ago today played a pivotal role in the war and the liberation of western Europe from Nazi Germany. The spy was Russian-born Nathalie “Lily” Sergueiew, who was born in 1912 in St. Petersburg and fled with her family to France following the Russian Revolution of 1917.
