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Aug 20, 2021 · On paper, Catherine Dior is an unlikely heroine. Born into the prosperous Dior family in 1917, the youngest of five children, she seemed destined for a decorative existence. But when the...
Sep 10, 2021 · A member of the French Resistance, Catherine Dior was captured by the Nazis. In March 1944, Catherine received a coded message warning her to leave the south of France and travel to Paris, to continue her work for F2 there.
Feb 15, 2024 · Who is Catherine Dior? This is the unbelievable true story of Christian Dior’s younger sister, a member of the French Resistance who was taken prisoner during the Second World War, and is being played by Maisie Williams in the new Apple TV+ drama ‘The New Look’.
Feb 14, 2024 · Born on 2 August 1917 as the youngest of the five Dior children, she was originally named Ginette, but became better known as Catherine. Her earliest memories would have been of a privileged upbringing; her wealthy parents lived in a villa in the Normandy town of Granville.
Feb 14, 2024 · As The New Look depicts, Catherine became a Resistance operative during World War II, having fallen in love with a fellow Resistance member named Hervé des Charbonneries, whom she’d met while...
Catherine Dior would become a crucial figure of the French Resistance, arrested and tortured by the Gestapo in 1944 and sent to the Ravensbrück concentration camp before her escape near Dresden...
Nov 17, 2021 · Catherine wore Miss. Dior all throughout her life, and continued Christian’s vision until her own passing in 2008. Just as the book wants readers to remember, Catherine was a woman who embodied life and courage, and most importantly, the “Dior spirit.”
