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 a handsome German spy, she had tried to use the Nazi race laws to wrest control of her perfume company from her Jewish partners.
She also had embarked on a Nazi-authorized scheme to broker a separate peace with Winston Churchill, and she was overheard making ugly, antisemitic remarks.
But in converting Chanel’s experiences into a TV production “inspired by true events,” the show’s creators have mangled or lost much of the actual truth, which is more complicated than what’s portrayed onscreen.
(Warning: Spoilers ahead.)
Persons:
Coco Chanel, Winston Churchill, “, couturiers Chanel, Christian Dior, what’s
Organizations:
Ritz, Nazi, Apple
Locations:
Nazi, Paris