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Chanel strongly denies claims that its founder was a nazi spy. Coco chanels secret war was written by a parisbased american journalist who asserts that the fashion icon was an agent for germanys abwehr military intelligence organization and a fierce antisemite. Coco chanel was a nazi agent during second world war telegraph. The late us historian hal vaughan, who lived in paris and wrote a book about chanels nazi links, said. A new book by a parisbased american historian suggests chanel not only had a. Coco chanels secret life as a nazi agent and partner.
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