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Coco's Harsh Birth Circumstances
- Coco Chanel was born Gabrielle Chasnel in a poor house run by nuns in Salmer, France.
- Her mother was young and alone, facing hostility due to pregnancy out of wedlock.
Coco's Gothic Childhood Refuge
- As a child, Coco spent her free time in a cemetery, feeling connected to the dead as a place of refuge.
- She described herself as the queen of the secret garden with the dead as her only confidants.
Early Anti-Semitic Indoctrination
- Coco Chanel absorbed the Catholic Church's anti-Semitic teachings common in her time.
- She became notably more anti-Semitic than the typical French society of her era.