How Elite French Winemakers Outsmarted The Nazi's During WW2

Between 1940 and 1945, France experienced its darkest hour under Nazi occupation. But while a few resisted, elite luxury dynasties in Bordeaux and Champagne discovered a mouthwatering business opportunity. This premium documentary exposes how France’s wealthiest wine merchants built colossal fortunes trading with the German army, acquired confiscated Jewish estates, and successfully paid off postwar authorities to hush up their crimes. Eighty years later, the wall of silence remains unbroken.

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