Marya (Nita Talbot) is identified as being a "White Russian," which by World War Two was a term that had lost some of its meaning once Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, with the Soviets becoming allied with the Western powers, primarily Britain and the United States, against the Nazis for the duration of the war.
White Russians were anti-communists opposed to the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution and fought against "Red" Russians in the ensuing Russian Civil War (1917-1923). Ideologically, White Russians ranged from liberals who did not agree with the Bolsheviks to monarchists who wanted the return of the czar overthrown by them. Many White Russians were concentrated in an area now known as the country of Belarus.
During World War Two, some Russians, including White Russians, collaborated with Nazi Germany. Throughout Hogan's Heroes (1965), Marya seems to move freely among Germans and Allies alike, embodying the complex, even contradictory nature of White Russians.
White Russians were anti-communists opposed to the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution and fought against "Red" Russians in the ensuing Russian Civil War (1917-1923). Ideologically, White Russians ranged from liberals who did not agree with the Bolsheviks to monarchists who wanted the return of the czar overthrown by them. Many White Russians were concentrated in an area now known as the country of Belarus.
During World War Two, some Russians, including White Russians, collaborated with Nazi Germany. Throughout Hogan's Heroes (1965), Marya seems to move freely among Germans and Allies alike, embodying the complex, even contradictory nature of White Russians.
Here in Part 1, the viewer does not know the female White Russian's name, "Marya," until the closing credits. Her name was never mentioned by anyone. All that Tiger says to Hogan is that there is a woman in a White Russian café.
Just after Klink gets in the staff car to go to Paris, Schultz breaks the fourth wall when he says, "Oh, boy!"
One of Backscheider's men in Hogan/Dirken's suite is named 'Sontag', which is German for 'Sunday'.