How DEEP Does the Balenciaga Rabbit Hole Go?
Historians believe that Balenciaga's continued activity during the Nazi occupation of Paris was made possible by Balenciaga's connections with Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco who was Adolf Hitler's close ally. The relation to Franco was so close in fact, the Balenciaga designed clothing for the Franco family.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balenciaga
Known as the lost children of the Franco-era, as many as 300,000 babies are estimated to have been abducted from their mothers under General Francisco Franco, who ruled Spain from 1939-75, and in the decades after.
https://time.com/5321938/spain-stolen-babies-franco-trial/