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Part One: Coco Chanel: The Nazi Who Invented Fashion

Behind the Bastards

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The History of Anti-Semitism in France

At age 18, Coco moves from the orphanage to a Catholic school for girls. During Chanel's teens at the convent and later in the Catholic community in Mulin, anti-Semitism was in full froth. At 20 she gets a job working as a seamstress. And so basically, the place that she's going to is geared towards preparing poor children to be productive members of the economy.

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