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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...
- Chanel dated A German Military Officer
- Chanel Became Abwehr Agent F-7124 in 1941
- She Was Outed as A German Spy in 1944
After the Nazis took over Paris in 1940, Chanel cozied up to Baron Hans Günther von Dincklage, an officer in Abwehr, the German military intelligence. Their romance enabled Chanel to move into comfortable living quarters at Paris' Hôtel Ritz, then doubling as a German headquarters, and kept her firmly entrenched in high society, which also had been...
Dincklage introduced his lover to another prominent Abwehr agent, Baron Louis de Vaufreland, who allegedly promised to help Chanel free her nephew in exchange for her service to Berlin. Sometime in 1941, Chanel was registered as Agent F-7124, with the code name of “Westminster,” after her former flame. Tasked with obtaining “political information” ...
Sometime between late 1943 and early 1944, with the tide turning against Germany, Chanel was tapped for another mission by General Walter Schellenberg of the SS. Named Operation Modellhut, German for “model hat,” she was to use her personal connection to Churchill, now England’s prime minister, to relay word that many SS senior officers were seekin...
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 with...
Jan 3, 2022 · Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel was a French fashion designer, businesswoman, and pioneer of women’s fashion in the early 20th century. She was also a Nazi sympathizer and informer.
Feb 16, 2024 · As the drama depicts, at the start of World War II, Chanel (played by Binoche), began an affair with Nazi officer Hans Günther Von Dincklage, also called Spatz (played by Claes Bang), and...
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Oct 1, 2020 · Most notably, Hal Vaughan’s book Sleeping With The Enemy: Coco Chanel’s Secret War published in 2011 provides evidence that she was also involved in Nazi missions, had an agent number...
Mar 3, 2024 · Mar 3, 2024, 3:14 AM PST. Juliette Binoche as Coco Chanel in "The New Look"; the real designer photographed in 1931. Apple TV, Bettmann/Getty. Apple TV+ "The New Look" shines a light on Coco...
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