Designer Coco Chanel was Never Punished For her Nazi Ties
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French fashion designer Coco Chanel collaborated with the Nazis by sharing her bed with one of them. During World War II, the Third Reich occupied France, and she had a romantic relationship with a German intelligence officer named Hans Gunther von Dincklage. The pair had something in common—their dislike of Jews. Chanel used her position to support Nazi laws that prevented Jews from owning businesses. She and her boyfriend also traveled together in Europe to recruit people to their cause. She tried to arrange a peace deal with Winston Churchill on behalf of Heinrich Himmler, but the prime minister declined. Instead, he merely sent Chanel and von Dincklage packing to Switzerland.