Coco Chanel
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Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel was a French fashion designer and businesswoman. The founder and namesake of the Chanel brand, she was credited in the post–World War I era with popularising a sporty,
Chanel in 1931
Caricature of Chanel and Arthur "Boy" Capel by Sem, 1913
Chanel (right) in her hat shop, 1919. Caricature by Sem.
Chanel and Winston Churchill in 1921
Hans Günther von Dincklage
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Hans Günther von Dincklage was a German officer and merchant, who was active as a Nazi spy in France before World War II and later during the German occupation of that country.
Coco Chanel
…carry an SS peace overture to Churchill to end the war. Chanel began a liaison with a German diplomat/spy she had known before the war, Baron (Freiherr) Hans Günther von Dincklage. After the end of the war, Chanel was interrogated about her relationship with Dincklage, but she was not charged as a collaborator due to intervention…
von Dincklage in 1933