Cendrillon Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9567000/9567657.stmAn interesting article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 And the once great empire has come to this:http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/255201Because You are worth it [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cendrillon Posted August 21, 2011 Author Share Posted August 21, 2011 Crikey! There's no accounting for taste, is there. The poor lady will be turning in her grave.[blink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Is this a story? Not surprised at all by it. All those who remained in France during the war and were well known usually had rather complicated and often ambiguous lives. None story for me.Re the Lidl perfume, I bought some to try and it is good. It doesn't smell cheap yet, but I can only imagine it will smell as cheap and seedy as Youth Dew did when I was young, when all the world and it's dog wears it, although Youth Dew was not cheap. It just ended up being the 'air freshener' of discos and if anyone had ever bought me some, I would never have worn it. I am and always was 'different', I am not at ease following the herd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Sam Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 A reasonable read on the subject of the rich and famous domiciled in France under German occupation:"The Shameful Peace" by Frederick Spotts - How french artists and intellectuals survived the Na.zi Occupation.[quote]Paris had never been so brilliant culturally. The social Tout-Paris engaged with the Germans in their salons, Coco Chanel produced enticing new scents for them, and Dior dressed the wives and mistresses of the friendly Fritzes (no longer referred to as the brutal Boches).[/quote]Maurice Chevalier, who like Edith Piaf sang for the Naz.is in the bustling night clubs, claimed the proof of his loyalty was that he never spoke the German language during the war, although his degree of collaboration was questined by some.An interesting article by Kate Muir: [url]http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article6027932.ece[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renaud Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 I was recently reading a book by Alan Massie, whose protagonist is a policeman in Bordeaux at the time of the fall of France.I caught myself thinking, why doesn't he keep his head down and wait for the liberation? Then I realised the German victory over France was so sudden and complete and the army of the only French ally, Britain, had been so comprehensively defeated that the notion of eventual liberation must have seemed a pipe dream.So how then to live under German rule? Kate Muir quotes Picasso, Coco Chanel's friend, “Oh, I am not looking for risks to take, but in a sort of passive way I do not care to yield to either force or terror.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbie Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 I think it is very easy to judge people in that situation. Who know how they would react if they were in the same situation? It's easy to chose the brave option when you aren't actually in any danger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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