I was unaware of this (and Coco Chanel’s Nazi sympathizing) until watching The New Look on AppleTV. It wasn’t that well received, but I appreciated seeing a story take place during WWII that treated the occupation of France not as the main plot, but as a setting.
He’s american, but his WW2 novels revolve around Europeans.
“Night Soldiers” is about a Bulgarian fisherman whose brother was killed by a Fascist mob. He gets recruited by the KGB and gets sent to fight in the Spanish Civil War.
Christian Dior’s sister Catherine was the real legend who worked for Allied intelligence and the French Resistance
And Vidal Sassoon killed Nazis with his bare hands
Wasn’t he drowning them with his shampoo?
His technique of torturing Nazis and making shampoo out of their remains would be the basis for the whole soap thing in Fight Club.
I was unaware of this (and Coco Chanel’s Nazi sympathizing) until watching The New Look on AppleTV. It wasn’t that well received, but I appreciated seeing a story take place during WWII that treated the occupation of France not as the main plot, but as a setting.
Look up the novels of Alan Furst.
He’s american, but his WW2 novels revolve around Europeans.
“Night Soldiers” is about a Bulgarian fisherman whose brother was killed by a Fascist mob. He gets recruited by the KGB and gets sent to fight in the Spanish Civil War.
If you want another look I recommend the behind the bastards episode on Coco.
Great show, and great podcast!