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I read this article on Vicky With Three Kisses, and was disappointed I couldn't find any recordings of her.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/allies-secret-weapons-against-nazis-woman-armed-microphone-script-lies-180988094/

Made me think of GI Jill who performed a similar, but legitimate roll for US troops. I have lots of recordings of her. You can find more if you poke around the archive...

https://archive.org/details/AfrsJillsAll-timeJukebox/194x-xx-xxAfrsJillsJukeBox0029BennyGoodmanLullabyInRhythm.mp3

One of the Allies’ Secret Weapons Against the Nazis Was a 21-Year-Old Woman Armed With a Microphone and a Script of Lies

As “Vicky With Three Kisses,” she strategically sweet-talked and sang to German troops over the airwaves of Europe. But Agnes Bernauer didn’t mean anything she was saying

Smithsonian Magazine