Lea Niako

Lea Niako by her real name Maria Kruse (born in 1908 in Hamburg, she died murdered in Berlin in 1945) was a German actress and ballerina.

She meets Polish spy Jerzy Sosnowski with whom she lives an adventure. They are both arrested for espionage on February 24, 1935 by the Gestapo. Walter Schellenberg of the SD proposes to recover it to make it a spy, which Heydrich approves. We do not know his career after the war.

 

Pose of the Russian dancer Lea Niakow in exotic dress., 1925-30

Silvia Nogueira – Stage photograph with the dancer Lea Niako, São Carlos Theater, Lisbon , 1928 with the courtesy of Museu Nacional do Teatro e da Dança

Atelier Willinger- Lea Niako Wien, around 1928

Atelier Willinger- Lea Niako, Wien, around 1928

Anonymous-The dancer Niako Lea , 1920s © Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna

Atelier Willinger- Lea Niako Wien, around 1928

Anonyme- Lea Niako ®Theatermusuem Wien

Anonyme- Lea Niako ®Theatermusuem Wien

Uncredited – the dancer Lea Niako, Lisbon , 1928 with the courtesy of Museu Nacional do Teatro e da Dança

Anomyme-Nu de Lea Niako (1908-1945), actrice et ballerine allemande. Vers 1930. Tirage argentique d’époque

Lea Niako 1928 Manuel Alves de San Payo

Lea Niako in the ballet The consecration of a Hero 1928 Manuel Alves de San Payo

Lea Niako in the ballet The consecration of a Hero 1928 Manuel Alves de San Payo

Lea Niako in the ballet The consecration of a Hero 1928 Manuel Alves de San Payo

Uncrdited -Lea Niako ,1929

 

Ernst Sandau, Berlin, Lea Niako,published in Das Leben , May 1927

Uncredited – the dancer Lea Niako, Lisbon , 1928 with the courtesy of Museu Nacional do Teatro e da Dança

  • 1931 : La carta.
  • 1939 : Legion condor.
  • 1940 : Zwischen Hamburg und Haiti.
  • 1941 : Carl Peters, de Herbert Selpin.