Virginie Girod SEASON 2022 - 202317h11, on 03 April 2023, modified at 17h13, on 03 April 2023
Listen to the rest of the story of Catherine and Christian Dior, who died 65 years ago, told by historian Virginie Girod, in this unpublished story in two episodes. Although 13 years apart, Miss Dior's muse and the genius designer who is now charting his way in the world of fashion are very close when the Second World War breaks out. Christian Dior hosts his sister... without suspecting his activities in the Resistance. Until June 6, 1944, when Catherine Dior was arrested in Paris, along with four armed resistance fighters. She will then be taken to a building of the German security services, to be questioned by the Gestapo... In this episode of the podcast "Au cœur de l'Histoire" produced by Europe 1 Studio, Virginie Girod continues her evocation of the crossed destinies of Catherine and Christian Dior, who is about to switch for the youngest in the horror of concentration camps.
Topics covered: Christian Dior - History - Catherine Dior - Resistance - Second World War
On June 6, 1944, around 17 p.m., Catherine Dior, who had just been arrested alongside four resistance fighters, arrived in front of 180 rue de la Pompe, the address in Paris that housed the Gestapo. The hours and days that the sister of the designer Christian Dior will live here will tip her destiny into horror. Until his deportation to the Ravensbrück camp. How does Christian Dior react when he believes his sister has been dead for nearly a year? What will the Dior's life look like after the Second World War? And in what context was the Miss Dior perfume born in 1947? Virginie Girod describes the torments of a family facing the darkest hours of history. This story is a Europe 1 Studio production.
At the heart of history" is a Europe 1 Studio podcast.
Writing and presentation: Virginie Girod
- Producer: Adèle Humbert
- Artistic direction: Adèle Humbert and Julien Tharaud
- Director: Clément Ibrahim
- Original music: Julien Tharaud
- Additional music: Julien Tharaud and Sébastien Guidis
- Communication: Kelly Decroix
- Distribution and writing: Eloise Bertil
- Visual: Sidonie Mangin
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