She wasn't just a sympathizer, she was an active agent and collaborator.
@paulvamos7319 Жыл бұрын
Like Bill said, it was either f**k em or kill em and she didn't want to die! 😂 😢 It's not funny unless Bill or George Carlin said it. 😂❤
@joshuawiedenbeck69442 жыл бұрын
The best part about the Sean Connery comments is that he had an interview with Barbara Walters after he said those things. She asked him if he wanted to apologize. His response? "No."
@zatozatoichi79202 жыл бұрын
Like a boss.
@DAVIDSMITH-kj8di Жыл бұрын
@@zatozatoichi7920 Like a cowardly POS.
@cigancrni2630Ай бұрын
How about when she said he is gonna get some mail after what he said... his reply.. i might get some fe male 😂😂😂
@SaltyPirate712 жыл бұрын
Not only is it true, it's WAY worse than he makes it sound. Bill was being extremely generous to Coco Chanel.
@Nichwar19 Жыл бұрын
How is it more bad what did she do
@SaltyPirate71 Жыл бұрын
@@Nichwar19 One thing in particular is that before the war, she sold her business to some Jewish people and when the Germans invaded, she turned them in to the gestapo and got her business back. On multiple occasions she turned in Jews to the nazis for her own personal benefit when there was no need to do so to protect herself. She openly profiteered off of the nazi policies towards Jews and gypsies.
@corsojames Жыл бұрын
@@Nichwar19 She collaborated with the nazis and French puppet government to boost her career and clothing line. She was going to be labelled a nazi collaborator after the war, but Winston Churchill stepped in and let her off. You can barely hide it behind "doing it because she had to", she clearly had some other motives
@1982nitinarora Жыл бұрын
So you have hairy legs
@duncanmacphail2532 Жыл бұрын
Apparently, she was heavily anti-Semitic and she used the invasion as an opportunity to punish workers who had gone on strike for higher wages.
@romanhardware2 жыл бұрын
"Men don't realize this until they go to prison". Best joke in the video
@mmartinezPhysics2 жыл бұрын
9:30 That one caught Britt off guard! LOL!
@michaeljacyna19732 жыл бұрын
I also like the "just to refresh my memory...." I love waiting for both those lines.
@orchoose2 жыл бұрын
and dark
@SP-gq9wb Жыл бұрын
" I grew up in the 70's, I thought being a truck driver was a cool thing"... Effing priceless and so true!
@EricGordon-j2s Жыл бұрын
Hell yeah got to love the BJ & The Bear reference
@travisyarbrough4033 Жыл бұрын
BJ and The Bear and Smokey and The Bandit ........ Oh Yeah !!!!!
@tomate33912 жыл бұрын
What is even more funny that in some female reactions (not you, Britt) they are felt offended, after the sentence with what women for options have, but as soon as Bill said that with the prison, they started laughing, so raping man is funny, but the other stuff is very offensive. That is the crazy world where we living in.
@callanc3925 Жыл бұрын
@RandomShart "men dont realise this until they go to prison" is a pretty clear r4p3 joke buddy...
@callanc3925 Жыл бұрын
@RandomShart Hey buddy, how exactly do you think men in prison use sex to get what they want?
@greasey8695 Жыл бұрын
@RandomShart Are you pretending that prison sex is 100% consensual?
@semi6544 Жыл бұрын
@RandomShart -- If you offer sex in order to escape a bad consequence, it is barely different than rape. You are having sex against your will. Having sex against your will and having sex to survive is a very thin line. What are you even defending?
@richardsjenkins7604 ай бұрын
@@greasey8695if you need to use sex to get what you want as a man then youre not being raped.
@aminboebers2 жыл бұрын
During the Second World War, the NSDAP made all of Germany's industry fit for war. Companies that produced normal commodities for everyday use were ordered to produce and supply materials necessary for the war. Famous examples are the tank parts from the Porsche factories and the military uniforms from Hugo Boss.
@Chivaltic2 жыл бұрын
Also Adolf Dassler founder of Adidas and he's brothers Rudolf Dassler founder of Puma, both worked with their father producing war material for the German Army.
@stevewarnock9684 Жыл бұрын
Get a life its comedy
@sketchtherapy1218 Жыл бұрын
Yes
@sketchtherapy1218 Жыл бұрын
@@Chivaltic yes
@travisyarbrough4033 Жыл бұрын
They willingly did the work by the way. NONE of them were gonna turn down the money. They didn't break even on their investment .....
@marcussmith87472 жыл бұрын
Speaking from personal experience, most people are ignorant of their favourite label's historical actions and opinions.
@baron77552 жыл бұрын
Would you usually speak from other people’s experience?
@IbrahimservantofAllah2 жыл бұрын
Right like how bill mentioned porche....porche created one of the first prototypes for the Tiger 1 tank wich was a symbol for n@zi power....or how hugo voss designed uniforms for the SS.
@marcussmith87472 жыл бұрын
@Baron Thomas My experience of having conversations with other people about these sort of things, and finding out they don't really know anything.
@bryck78532 жыл бұрын
@@baron7755 most of the time we do. I don't know what happened before I was 2 or so. Anything before that is another person's experience. So according to you, it is unacceptable to discuss any experiences that you personally didn't have.
@joshbull623 Жыл бұрын
@@baron7755 The U.S. is 246 years old, "advanced" human civilization(that we know of) started 6,000 years ago, I am only a 30 year old American.......so yeah, I and most people are going to speak from other's experiences. No other choice until we invent a time machine. That is just in the terms of time, now input geography as statistically most people don't leave their country their entire life, some don't even leave their home town or city and ever changing nations over the course of a life time bringing drastic changes to culture and society, you don't actually have a choice.
@patverum90512 жыл бұрын
Bill's Scottish accent is pretty good. Connery was from Edinburgh, an accent different from dozens of other local accents. BTW German tank did not have Porsche engines but Ferdinand Porsche was involved in the design phase of German tanks, and made some prototypes.
@F1rstWorldNomaD2 жыл бұрын
So they basically had Porsche engines then.
@sylsgn29662 жыл бұрын
The hugo Boss Uniforms was also true. The man was speaking nothing but facts !
@BrilligandtheSlithyToves2 жыл бұрын
Weren't they Mercedes engines? Asking seriously. Not making a joke.
@imnotyourfriendbuddy18832 жыл бұрын
@@BrilligandtheSlithyToves Every company in Germany that existed during the Nazi regime made stuff for the Nazis. Porsche manufactured and designed tanks and engines. BWM and Mercedes did to. Boss made uniforms. It wasn't exactly a choice when the Nazis asked them to do something. They all potentially were under extreme duress. The most evil German companies were Krupp and IG Farben. They were all about the Holocaust.
@BrilligandtheSlithyToves2 жыл бұрын
@@imnotyourfriendbuddy1883 thank you for the information. I appreciate it.
@BrilligandtheSlithyToves2 жыл бұрын
The baby pooping in their diaper is an OUTSTANDING analogy. Thank you. 😂
@tsdbhg Жыл бұрын
"Intentionally slapping someone." "Crapping I'm a diaper before knowing what is going on." Anyone who thinks these two scenarios are analogous needs to get a psychological evaluation. It's a false analogy.
@thewatchman6074 Жыл бұрын
That's true, Hugo Boss did design and make the Gestapo Uniform.
@joshuamcdowell1460 Жыл бұрын
NASA post WWII:
@mattcoyle58672 жыл бұрын
Yesss have been waiting for you to get around to this Britt....2 things.....when he says...HOWEVER...you knew things were going to go deep...then when you looked through ur hands with 1 eye when he talks about women fucking their way out of situations..i nearly spat my coffee out...hahaha....thanks for the laughs x
@ShelliGriffith-mg9jt9 ай бұрын
You're very right. You can't go back and bring that crap up bc it was the "times." That goes for EVERYTHING. 🧡
@MarioRamos-wr3sp2 жыл бұрын
Britt great reaction as usual, thank you! Noticed that the sound from your mic was lower than the video sound.
@JACKTHETRIXTER2 жыл бұрын
“How does he come up with this stuff?” Really? “Follow the breadcrumbs to the psycho in front of you.”- Bill Burr
@davidberry42562 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@brittreacts2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@ntalekapiteni50512 ай бұрын
She wasn't just sympathiser, she was an active collaborator.
@劉炎-p9z Жыл бұрын
actually Porsche made a lot of tanks during the war like many other heavy industry corps you are very familiar today. Like Ford, Cadillac, Mitsubishi( they also made A6M zero fighter aircrafts, which comprise a large proportion of the notorious Kamikaze) A Porsche engine is an engine made by Porsche, not necessarily for a car.
@Sicarii862 жыл бұрын
They really had tanks with Porsche engines and they really had Hugo Boss uniforms Britt. And maybe you can recognize "Thyssenkrupp" brand they produce escalators and elevators in our time, but in ww2 they were building locomotives, ships and trucks for Hitler. VW, Audi, Mercedes all the brands had involded in ww2.
@gwilli95112 жыл бұрын
And Mitsubishi made the engines for the Japanese Zero plane, the list goes on and on.
@Sicarii862 жыл бұрын
@@gwilli9511 exactly!
@craigfowler70984 ай бұрын
Bill Burr is a brilliant comedian unafraid to tell the truth. Brilliant
@johnmccormack95692 жыл бұрын
Brit, I have been watching reaction videos for awhile now, let me tell you, I absolutely love watching your reaction videos, you are go to when I sign on. Then I move on after I confirm you haven't had any new reactions. Thank you Thank you Thank you, please don't stop.
@danielpeters2282 Жыл бұрын
IBM sold them the punch card machines to separate the Jews. They even sent technicians to repair them
@iainfreer5371 Жыл бұрын
i've seen this many times but your reaction made me laugh like it was the first time
@Farmer_Dave2 жыл бұрын
How to keep a man happy by Bill Burr. Great advice for young brides explained bill burrs way.
@jordancarpenter6762 жыл бұрын
Y’all know what cancel culture did? It made people stand up. React! And most notably the great comedians. Now the cancel people have to answer. They can’t. Thank you Dave there is no cancel for comedy or free thinking.
@papafiendish62632 жыл бұрын
I was watching this at night, had to turn the volume down 4 times 😂
@arnoldcox9128 Жыл бұрын
Bill is something else
@CheckersMcGavern2 жыл бұрын
Excellent video! I did notice that your audio is just a smidge softer than the video you're watching, but it's not a huge deal. Keep up the great work!
@phillipjohnson4299 Жыл бұрын
ABSOLUTELY TRUE!!!
@Vottotoiono2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, their tanks WAS really equipped with Porsche engines. And their uniform WAS for real designed by Hugo Boss.
@conrad98gtp2 жыл бұрын
Nobody is bringing up canceling a "woman" because I'd be safe to say that a majority of people consisting of cancel culture are women. And women aren't driven to cancel their own gender. Most are easily influenced to bash on men. Toxic masculinity, hierarchy, and all that b.s.
@ArgentAppeal Жыл бұрын
YEAH, this info is known, among many others.
@John-d5j9o6 ай бұрын
😊 Yes it's true.
@ogopogohunter69 Жыл бұрын
Your reaction to the "Back is against the wall" thing was hilarious.
@laudanum669 Жыл бұрын
My Grandfather was a Foreman for one of the largest Railroads. Back when I was a kid I would go down to the Depot/Warehouse area where he worked as it was just down the hill from where we lived. One day I walked in and his workers must have been slacking off and I heard my Grandpa say "If any of you White boy's worked as hard as Tommy "The Nigg*r" we would be getting Sh#t done on time". My Grand Dad was not a racist he was just from a different era. He served in WWII and belonged to the American Legion until he died at the age of 96 and he had several Black friends that were also members. A few of the remaining ones participated at his funeral in the "21 Gun Salute".
@RyanRichardsToby2 жыл бұрын
Porche did make engines for German tanks.
@naboolicious6283 Жыл бұрын
I'm a man, who's a WW2 history buff. I know all about Coco, and I still shell out $200 every once in a while for my bottle of Bleu de Chanel.
@willblood7082 Жыл бұрын
💯 true about Coco Chanel AND Hugo Boss.
@YellinInMyEar Жыл бұрын
Porsche wicki "An important contributor to the German war effort during World War II,[1] Porsche was involved in the production of advanced tanks such as the VK 4501 (P), the Elefant (initially called "Ferdinand") self-propelled gun, and the Panzer VIII Maus super-heavy tank, as well as other weapon systems, including the V-1 flying bomb.[2] Porsche was a member of the Nazi Party and an officer of the Schutzstaffel (SS)."
@YellinInMyEar Жыл бұрын
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Porsche
@John-d5j9o6 ай бұрын
Build just speaking the truth that's all speak your truth Bill speaker truth it's the truth😂
@Christopher-Baltimore Жыл бұрын
This was great. Thank you.
@F1rstWorldNomaD2 жыл бұрын
No one is talking about it because feminism and SJWism isnt about equality. Its is about "all men are evil", particularly straight and white ones and even more so if theyre actually masculine. Like Sean Connery. Coco Chanel wasnt a man so whatever she did is fine. Thats why no one is talking about it. And yea, Bills Connery impression was actually pretty good.
@thundacracka775 ай бұрын
Chanel, BMW, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen... The list goes on and on.
@chriscr212 жыл бұрын
Great reaction little lady!!!! And yeah, Sean Connery was Scottish, and a badass for sure. Bill Clips always go in right away for sure, just dive in, no warning, cover-up, face the blast, nope, just "hairy legs!!!" 😂😂😂😂😂
@miorandmior Жыл бұрын
Fun fact Hugo boss designed the uniforms the nazis used in world war 2 Bmw started out making engines for the German airforce at that time (the BMW logo is actually a propeller, look at it again now 😊) Then there's the infamous Operation Paperclip - look it up
@dukkencuvva1 Жыл бұрын
You tripped out on the Porsche thing, fact is that Volkswagen (or People's Car) was designed by Hitler and Porsche so that everybody in Germany could have a vehicle to drive on Hitler's new Autobahns. Another thing, you know the BMW logo? That's supposed to represent a propeller coz they're the company that built the engines for the Messerschmidts. One more bonus fact, you know Bayer? Yeah, that's the company that manufactured Zyklon B gas for the concentration camps and we're still giving all these companies our money, let that sink in for a minute
@PeterWesleyBastone Жыл бұрын
yes, it's all known in this age
@danielwahome5283 Жыл бұрын
Yes Porsche ran Nazi tanks in WWII, a good example would be the elefont tank. Daimler engines ran the stuka dive bomber while BMW engines were in fulckeWulf fighter aircraft. On the other hand Japan had mitsubishi zeros run circles all over pearl harbor
@matthew64272 жыл бұрын
I totally agree with the times and context making a huge difference. Of course it doesn't absolve that behavior but it's a bit more understandable.
@angelmarcano67472 жыл бұрын
Yes it's true look it up!!!!
@headhunter1945 Жыл бұрын
Yes, some German tanks in WW2 had engines built by Porsche, though not many.
@radesigns0012 жыл бұрын
Britt, I'm loving your reactions...so animated! Constructive criticism...your mike volume is lower than the volume of the video you are playing and I find myself turning up the volume when you are talking because I enjoy your comments 🙂
@Lorinda2122 жыл бұрын
I was hoping you were going to do this one soon ))
@brittreacts2 жыл бұрын
☺️☺️☺️
@paulvamos7319 Жыл бұрын
Bill is completely accurate because, It was the times! I grew up in the 70's & 80's and men were not men if they didn't hit their women. The last time I saw my dad is when they were taking him away in the ambulance after my mom broke a cast iron skillet over his head! He'd just thrown me through the 3rd story window of our house and I landed in the mud, mom said it sounded like two wet palms clapped together and a grunt! 🤣 She clocked him as he was turning on her, I was lucky to be able to roll out of the way before he fell on the mud beside me. I was 5 and it was 1976. I was sent to Michigan to live with my grandpa and I loved it. ❤ Sorry for the long comment. I'm here by myself and I have stories. 😊
@stephenw.20 Жыл бұрын
Fellow GenXer here - sounds like a fairly normal childhood ;). Love the comment.
@lenculpepper9150 Жыл бұрын
Born in 1970 and it was pretty common to see a rowdy chicks cheeks get fluffed back then. Archie and Edith said it best, "those were the days"!
@paulvamos7319 Жыл бұрын
@@lenculpepper9150 🤣😎👍
@markomarttila17873 ай бұрын
Yes IT IS true
@williameaton12322 жыл бұрын
YES !! THAT'S EXACTLY HOW SEAN CONNERY SOUNDS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I THOUGHT HE HAD A RECORDING OF SEAN AND PLAYED T I'M 75 I WATCHED ALL '' HIS MOVIES !!!!!!!
@Mark_MOORE_VFL2 жыл бұрын
Love your channel
@paulsherman9365 Жыл бұрын
Yes, that's exactly what Sean Connery sounds like.
@Hattori_Hanzō_侍9 ай бұрын
"Is that what Sean Connery sounded like?". 😂 Jesus, I'm 30 years old and that made me feel like I'm 100.
@RenaissanceMundo2 жыл бұрын
Yep volkswagen makes Porsche orginally atleast and they made the military vehicles also
@sportcorner3594 Жыл бұрын
no ones talking about it because shes a woman plain and simple, in our world today women cant be wrong.
@TheRyno5252 жыл бұрын
People shouldn't be cancelled.... PERIOD.
@chrispytelomeres9863 Жыл бұрын
Best analogy ever!
@timbuktu8069 Жыл бұрын
From Wikipedia: World War II In 1939, at the beginning of World War II, Chanel closed her shops, maintaining her apartment situated above the couture house at 31 Rue de Cambon. She said that it was not a time for fashion;[30] as a result of her action, 4,000 female employees lost their jobs.[8]: 101 Her biographer Hal Vaughan suggests that Chanel used the outbreak of war as an opportunity to retaliate against those workers who had striked for higher wages and shorter work hours in the French general labor strike of 1936. In closing her couture house, Chanel made a definitive statement of her political views. Her dislike of Jews, reportedly sharpened by her association with society elites, had solidified her beliefs. She shared with many of her circle a conviction that Jews were a threat to Europe because of the Bolshevik government in the Soviet Union.[8]: 101 During the German occupation, Chanel resided at the Hotel Ritz. It was noteworthy as the preferred place of residence for upper-echelon German military staff. During this time, she had a romantic liaison with Baron Hans Günther von Dincklage, a German aristocrat and member of Dincklage noble family. He served as diplomat in Paris and was a former Prussian Army officer and attorney general who had been an operative in military intelligence since 1920,[8]: 57 who eased her arrangements at the Ritz.[8]:
@InquisitorCyTh2 жыл бұрын
I know it's off the topic, but since you seem to get interested in curious history facts, here's another one: The Person who invented a method used in industry to synthesize ammonia to manufacture fertilizers that saved humanity from starving at the start of 20's century ALSO was the father of the chemical warfare that took many thousands of lives during WW1.
@joeysabad4307 Жыл бұрын
Just say, ... "It's true, Bill "... Lol. 😅 😂
@orchoose2 жыл бұрын
Ofc its all true , it being true is the point of the joke. Engines, uniforms, all references are on point.
@jpablico2 жыл бұрын
2:40 - "Make it make sense" is the official slogan of 2020 to 2022.
@megatwingo Жыл бұрын
Bill mixed up the Porsche design of turrets and whole tanks for the German army in WWII with the brand of the engines of those tanks. The engines came from Maybach.
@grahammalcolm7130 Жыл бұрын
Lots of things are true but it's History
@gregjohnston56842 жыл бұрын
Good diaper poop analogy to illustrate an excellent point.
@timgray3790 Жыл бұрын
If you remember when musk bought Twitter that alysa Milano girl called him racist and said she traded in her Tesla car for a Volkswagen electric car because she didn’t want a car owned by a racist. She called him racist because he was born in South Africa. The funny part is that Volkswagen was created by and it’s first model car designed by Adolph Hitler. She did what most people do when irony slaps you in the face, she went silent.
@kyleb.81532 жыл бұрын
I love that you have common sense! It really has to do with intelligence. You are an intelligent woman
@kharilane13402 жыл бұрын
There are a lot of really intelligent people with no common sense whatsoever. Intelligence plus common sense multiplied by right actions and reactions equals wisdom.
@patrickmcgavin22452 жыл бұрын
It's true about cocoa chanelle.
@randallshelp40172 жыл бұрын
true
@benjaminroe311ify Жыл бұрын
Oh it's true. The Coco Chanel stuff.
@lexmachina8961 Жыл бұрын
"I know Porsche is a German car" Ok, I'm out...
@benkline7761 Жыл бұрын
The baby analogy was perfect!
@benkline7761 Жыл бұрын
Btw his Sean Connery impression was spot on!
@zablak68910 ай бұрын
Bill: still buy your coco chanel, she's still a hero Britt: right...like what 😕😧
@fidelisjk2 жыл бұрын
yes, what do you think all the german companies were manufacturing during the second world war? For some reason that period is not in their brochures
@leethecomedian Жыл бұрын
I imagine they (Chanel) don't mention that in the companies history lol
@xprodigyx9069 Жыл бұрын
It's ancient history, and that's why no one is bringing it up, lol, and she is long dead and gone, not to mention a lot still still loves the brand 😂😂
@Kaito-1412- Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: He didn't say "horrible" he said "whoreible" With extra effort put in the "whore" 😅
@conrad98gtp2 жыл бұрын
Yes, that sounded EXACTLY like Sean Connery!! 👏🏻 👌🏼😂
@reflectionist Жыл бұрын
Excellent point about the historical context, it's just that I don't know if I like it. I mean, there's only so far you can get with, "they didn't know it was wrong!" Because I'm pretty sure slavery was wrong even when slavery wasn't generally considered wildly racist and twice as evil. Like when the Nazis were trying to defend themselves in court after WW2 by saying, "We were just following orders!" And that defense didn't go well.
@Valhalrik2 жыл бұрын
Yep, if You do your research On people. You will find out all sorts of Skeletons!
@jraykotheanomaly2365 Жыл бұрын
Funny,intelligent, beautiful....wow
@richardpitcher62312 жыл бұрын
Great logic. I just wish people would remember that about slavery too. Of course it was terrible but like it or not it happened, to NO fault of the descendants now. Why do they have to pay a price for shit they had nothing to do with ? ... a little off topic but the same logic
@art27362 жыл бұрын
What "price" are they paying?
@jspera41872 жыл бұрын
It would be noteworthy to add that slavery was/is not something that was a uniquely US occurrence. It's gone on all over the world for thousands of years and sadly continues to this day, China being a current example. The next time you're thinking of buying any number of "US" products being manufactured in China , you might want to pause and give a moments thought for the Uyghurs who've been enslaved by the CCP to work in many of those "western" factories and are also being used for organ harvesting. Slavery has always been the powerful taking advantage of the weaker for their own uses. It's happened to many different races over the millennia. The sad fact of the African slave trade to the US is that it was actually strong African groups that conquered weaker groups, took them to the coast, and sold them to the slave traders. If not for that, there would have been few if any slaves brought to and used in America.
@art27362 жыл бұрын
@@jspera4187 Doesn't minimize what was done here nor the ripple effects it's caused to this day
@richardpitcher62312 жыл бұрын
Potentially reparations, not being hired because quotas, being labeled racists for absolutely no reason other than the color of their skin (by definition "racist"), college admissions because of quotas, etc.
@art27362 жыл бұрын
@Richard Pitcher all false talking points to rile up goobers like you. There are no potential reparations. There is zero impact on white people in regards to affirmative action. ZERO. Ignorant or just racist?
@barrypate42032 жыл бұрын
Craig Ferguson does a fantastic imitation of Shaun Connery. Please review Dave Chapelle ,Craig Ferguson and Drew Cary, will not disappoint. I enjoy your reactions. I'll look into your music reviews. Thanks
@vincentboyd6165 Жыл бұрын
Salty Pirate is correct!
@jmp3230710 ай бұрын
Its ben a yr and coco still isnt canceled i just found your channel and im subscribing.
@Valhalrik2 жыл бұрын
His Gall is his stick And somebody needs to say it!
@SuperChaoticus Жыл бұрын
The 'Behind the Bastards' podcast has an excellent show about Coco Chanel. Well worth the time to listen.
@SteveInTheOC2 жыл бұрын
Hi Miss Britt. 👋 it’s all true.
@TheIceman567 Жыл бұрын
It's true, It's true, It's damn true.
@kyleb.81532 жыл бұрын
100% true
@tomeng95202 жыл бұрын
She was loco for sure the Coco. World War II In 1939, at the beginning of World War II, Chanel closed her shops, maintaining her apartment situated above the couture house at 31 Rue de Cambon. She said that it was not a time for fashion;[30] as a result of her action, 4,000 female employees lost their jobs.[8]: 101 Her biographer Hal Vaughan suggests that Chanel used the outbreak of war as an opportunity to retaliate against those workers who had struck for higher wages and shorter work hours in the French general labor strike of 1936. In closing her couture house, Chanel made a definitive statement of her political views. Her dislike of Jews, reportedly sharpened by her association with society elites, had solidified her beliefs. She shared with many of her circle a conviction that Jews were a threat to Europe because of the Bolshevik government in the Soviet Union.[8]: 101 During the German occupation, Chanel resided at the Hotel Ritz. It was noteworthy as the preferred place of residence for upper-echelon German military staff. During this time, she had a romantic liaison with Baron Hans Günther von Dincklage, a German aristocrat and member of Dincklage noble family. He served as diplomat in Paris and was a former Prussian Army officer and attorney general who had been an operative in military intelligence since 1920,[8]: 57 who eased her arrangements at the Ritz.