I runga i te wikitoria France i roto i te Pipiri 1940, whakaturia e te Nazis he Parisian mahi-te tari matua i roto i te Hôtel Meurice, i runga i te rue de la Rivoli, te ritenga o te Louvre Museum, a tika a tawhio noa te kokonga i te huatau Maison Chanel S.A., i 31 rue Cambon. I taua wa, no te mea o te mahi Nazi o te mana anti-Semitism, Pierre Wertheimer me te utuafare, i rere France ki te U.S., i waenganui-1940. I muri mai, i roto i te 1941, ngana Coco Chanel ki te tango i te mana o te pakihi o Parfums Parfums Paris, i reira ia i noho ki tona hoa, Hans Günther von Dincklage, he Nazi mōhiohio rangatira. I runga i te tono o te kāwanatanga Nazi i roto i te France, "Ko te tikanga o te hoko Parfums i roto i France i mua i whakaaetia ki te mahi ki te hoko i taua taonga, engari i whakaitihia e te mana whakahaere o te kamupene Parfums i roto i te rangatiratanga o Parfums
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