Vera Bate Lombardi

…with Dincklage and her friend Vera Bate Lombardi, an English aristocrat living in Italy. Called Operation Modellhut (“Model Hat”), the initiative was organized by German intelligence in an attempt to use Chanel and Lombardi’s social connections to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to open a back channel for possible peace…

…with Dincklage and her friend Vera Bate Lombardi, an English aristocrat living in Italy. Called Operation Modellhut (“Model Hat”), the initiative was organized by German intelligence in an attempt to use Chanel and Lombardi’s social connections to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to open a back channel for possible peace…