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Jun 15, 2020 · Chanel's prominent standing and connections helped her regain control over her life at a crucial time, as Adolf Hitler’s forces began closing in on Germany’s neighbors in the late 1930s. Getty...
Feb 20, 2024 · Rhonda Garelick, one of the most careful and astute of Chanel biographers, concludes in Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History (2014), that she probably believed in the Nazi...
Mar 5, 2024 · In the twenty-six years she lived after World War II, Coco Chanel never publicly apologized for her treacherous behavior during the Nazi Occupation of Paris. While living at the Ritz Hotel...
The extent of Chanel’s Nazi affiliation and whether she committed crimes to aid Adolf Hitler’s cause is still debated. There is clear evidence of her anti-Semitism and collaboration with some Nazi operations.
Sep 18, 2023 · Coco Chanel was many things: fashion icon, inventor, feminist and genius. But she also needs to be remembered as a self-absorbed, manipulative, Nazi collaborator.
- Nicole Lampert
Jan 3, 2018 · Chanel’s dark and insidious history with the German Nazi party began in 1933. Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s trusted and loyal right-hand man, selected a “secret attache” by the name of Baron Hans Gunther von Dincklage to the German Embassy in Paris.
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Jan 26, 2015 · In August of 1944, when the American Army entered Paris, many GIs went straight for Chanel’s boutique, desperate to buy the remaining bottles of Chanel No. 5 for their wives and girlfriends. But Chanel, who had worked closely with Nazis, suddenly became a pariah after the war.
