It was revealed that Chanel used her ‘Aryan rights’ to take full advantage of the Nazi seizure of all Jewish-owned property and businesses. Her most profitable product, Chanel No. 5, had been fully financed by a Jewish family, the Wertheimers... Ultimately, Chanel was awarded the wartime profits from the sale of her perfume, which amounted to the equivalent of $25 million a year in modern currency. This made her the richest woman in the world at that time– thanks to the Nazis.
