Chanel's Decision to Collaborate With the Nazis

In 1941, Chanel was registered as agent F7124 with a codename of Westminster after her former flame. She traveled to the Spanish city for a few months mid-1941 with Baron Louis de Valfruland under the guise of business dealings. There is a record of her dinner with British diplomat Brian Wallace during which she casually discussed life in occupied Paris and the animosity the French and Germans held toward each other. The Thysers will often justify Chanel's choice to collaborate by saying that she was simply looking out for her nephew. This is true, but it's also true that she saw to her own comfort first,. Although it was to protect Andre that she finally became