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'''Hans Günther von Dincklage''' (15 December
== Early life ==
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Starting 1928, Dincklage supposedly started to work in intelligence for the office ''Ausland/Abwehr'' (foreign countries/defense), and later for the [[Sicherheitsdienst|SD]] division ''Ausland''.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Roewer |first1=Helmut |title=Lexikon der Geheimdienste im 20. Jahrhundert: mit Organigrammen |last2=Schäfer |first2=Stefan |last3=Uhl |first3=Matthias |date=2003 |publisher=Herbig |isbn=978-3-7766-2317-8 |location=München |language=de |trans-title=Encyclopaedia of the secret services in the 20th century: with organigrams}}</ref>
Together with Maximiliane's family - her mother, her mother's second husband and her half-sister Sybille - the couple lived in [[Sanary-sur-Mer]] from 1928 to 1939. As Maximiliane was considered a [[
Spring 1933, he was called to the German [[embassy]] in [[Paris]] as the "Vertrauensmann der Kanzlers [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]]" (ger. trusted man of the [[chancellor]] Hitler) to lead the [[Print media|press]] and [[Propaganda in Nazi Germany|propaganda]] office.<ref name=":0" /> Using targeted financing he supported the [[national-socialist]] and [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] French press, such as the newspaper Le Jour, which was founded by Leon Bailby in 1933.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Ray |first1=Roland |title=Annäherung an Frankreich im Dienste Hitlers? Otto Abetz und die deutsche Frankreichpolitik 1930 - 1942 |last2=Abetz |first2=Otto |date=2000 |publisher=Oldenbourg |isbn=978-3-486-56495-2 |series=Studien zur Zeitgeschichte |location=München |language=de |trans-title=Rapprochement with France in the service of Hitler? Otto Abetz and German policy towards France 1930 - 1942}}</ref>
Files of the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Germany)|ministry of foreign affairs]] document Dincklage's methods. Besides propaganda work he organised financial and logistical support for members of the [[Nazi Party|NSDAP]] as well as organisations and clubs that supported the party to aid them in establishing themselves in France. He began the recruitment of German engineers in French factories and manipulated university students and professors of [[Sorbonne University|Sorbonne]], to generate interest in German culture and [[German studies]].<ref name=":0" />
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== Relationship with Coco Chanel ==
After France's defeat Dincklage returned to Paris. He began a relationship with fashion designer [[Coco Chanel]], living with her until 1944 in the [[Hôtel Ritz Paris|Hôtel Ritz]] in Paris.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Vaughan |first1=Hal |title=Coco Chanel: der schwarze Engel ; ein Leben als Nazi-Agentin |last2=Chanel |first2=Coco |last3=Vaughan |first3=Hal |last4=Vaughan |first4=Hal |date=2011 |publisher=Hoffmann und Campe |isbn=978-3-455-50226-8 |edition=1. Aufl |location=Hamburg |pages=200 ff |language=de |trans-title=Coco Chanel: The Black Angel: A Life as Nazi-Agent}}</ref> In 1943 he introduced Chanel to Theodor Momm a former army comrade, who supervised French textile production for the [[Nazi Germany|Third Reich]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Kloth |first1=Hans Michael |last2=Kolbe |first2=Corina |date=2008-08-26 |title=Modelegende Chanel |url=https://www.spiegel.de/geschichte/modelegende-chanel-a-947864.html |access-date=2024-03-16 |work=[[Der Spiegel]] |language=de |issn=2195-1349}}</ref> On Schellenberg's instruction Momm aimed to use Chanel's contacts to [[Winston Churchill]] and [[Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster|Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd duke of Westminster]], to create a [[separate peace]] with England
In 1944 Dincklage fled to [[Lausanne]], where Chanel followed him after being released and cleared from her charges in 1945. As the former American secret service officer [[Hal W. Vaughan]] reports in his biography, Chanel continued her financial support of both Dincklage and Schellenberg, after the latter was released from prison in 1951, ensuring their silence.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Vaughan |first1=Hal |title=Coco Chanel: der schwarze Engel ; ein Leben als Nazi-Agentin |last2=Chanel |first2=Coco |last3=Vaughan |first3=Hal |last4=Vaughan |first4=Hal |date=2011 |publisher=Hoffmann und Campe |isbn=978-3-455-50226-8 |edition=1. Aufl |location=Hamburg |language=de |trans-title=Coco Chanel: The Black Angel; a Life as Nazi-Agent}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-03 |title=Ästhetischen Totalitarismus: John Galliano und das schräge Weltbild der Designer - WELT |url=https://www.welt.de/lifestyle/article12706382/John-Galliano-und-das-schraege-Weltbild-der-Designer.html |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=[[DIE WELT]] |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Schipp |first=Anke |date=2011-08-22 |title=Coco Chanel: Die Agentin mit der Perlenkette |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/coco-chanel-die-agentin-mit-der-perlenkette-11110663.html |access-date=2024-03-16 |work=[[FAZ.NET]] |language=de |issn=0174-4909}}</ref> In 1952 she covered the cost for Schellenberg's funeral in [[Turin]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1992-11-01 |title=Frau ohne Gnade |url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/frau-ohne-gnade-a-4a229bd9-0002-0001-0000-000013680716 |access-date=2024-03-16 |work=[[Der Spiegel]] |language=de |issn=2195-1349}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Kloth |first1=Hans Michael |last2=Kolbe |first2=Corina |date=2008-08-26 |title=Modelegende Chanel: Wie Coco fast den Krieg beendet hätte |trans-title=Fashion Legend Chanel: How Coco Nearly Ended the War |url=https://www.spiegel.de/geschichte/modelegende-chanel-a-947864.html |access-date=2024-03-16 |work=Der Spiegel |language=de |issn=2195-1349}}</ref>
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== Death ==
Dincklage later was fascinated by the rise of [[fascism]] in [[Spain]] under the [[dictatorship]] of general [[Francisco Franco|Franco]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cantarero |first=Joan |title=La huella en la bota: de los nazis del franquismo a la nueva ultraderecha |date=2010 |publisher=Temas de Hoy |isbn=978-84-8460-834-9 |location=Madrid |language=es |trans-title=The Footprint of the Boot: From Franco's Nazis to the new Far Right}}</ref> There he settled on [[Mallorca]] where he died in 1974.
== References ==
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