Louis Vuitton's links with Vichy regime exposed

[JoFerret]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/france/story/0,11882,1230302,00.html

The luxury goods company Louis Vuitton collaborated with the Nazis during the German occupation of France in the second world war, according to a new book.

A French author has uncovered previously unpublished details of the firm's support for the Vichy regime which was responsible for the deportation of French Jews to German concentration camps.

The book, Louis Vuitton, A French Saga, says members of the Vuitton family actively supported the puppet government led by Marshal Philippe Pétain and made money from their business dealings with the Germans.

Its author, Stephanie Bonvicini, says she made the discovery while researching the rags-to-riches story of the firm's founder, Louis Vuitton, to mark its 150th anniversary this year.

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[catzies]

1. Well, thank God I'm over them because that bothers me

I had a major Vuitton fetish back in the day.

Wonder if there are any pictures of ol' Hitler's Angel Prescott Bush with a Vuitton trunk. :D

[BayCityProgressive]

2. wow

that sucks..they have cute stuff too.

[Isere]

3. Mon dieu! Quelle horreur!

Well, this certainly doesn't break my heart because I always found the stuff vastly overrated....no offense to Vuitton fans.