Reading Veruschka, My life. Didn't expect to find such a dramatical story. Veruschka was one of the world's most famous models (cosidered to be the greatest top model ever existed) in the 60's and 70's working with Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Bert Stern, Diana Vreeland, Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol. She invented Veruschka, but she was really Very Lehndorff, a German girl born in 1939. Her father was a lieutenant and one of the members of "operation Valchiria", the failed plot to take out Hitler. He was arrested and executed as a traitor of the nazi regimen.
Need some sugar to digest this story, holiday candy comes in handy.
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