Battle of France. (Wikipedia).
The Exodus (1940). (Wikipedia).
Black Market in Wartime France. (Wikipedia).
Paris. (The Holocaust Encyclopedia).
France. (The Holocaust Encyclopedia).
System D. (Wikipedia).
Gringoire. "Répétez-Le: La vie à Paris: Ce qui se porte" ("Say it again: Life in Paris: What's in style"), February 6, 1941, p. 2. National Library of France (via Gallica).
L'Abri Napoléon. National Library of France (via Gallica and RetroNews):
Paris Soir, "Image d'à présent: Une écuyère devient cocher de fiacre" ("Image of the present: An equestrian becomes a cab driver"), January 31, 1941, p. 1. National Library of France (via Gallica). Why drive a cab?
La Presse. "Rachel Dorange qui tenta de se suicider par désespoir d'amour nous parle de L'Histoire de Monte-Carlo" ("Rachel Dorange, who attempted suicide out of heartbreak, tells us about The Story of Monte Carlo") by Paule Corday, November 13, 1945, p. 6. National Library of France (via Gallica). Rachel buys a horse and cab to make tour of France.
Qui? Detective "À la Poursuite d'un amour défunt" ("In pursuit of a dead love") by Marcel Morin, August 27, 1951, pp. 22-23. National Library of France (via Gallica). Rachel's start in the cab business.
New York Herald Tribune (European edition). "Mme Dorange drives Coco from boulevards to London," October 28, 1948, p. 5. National Library of France (via Gallica).
Daily Mail. "A Paris Diary" by Paul White. April 11, 1952, p. 2. National Library of France (via Gallica).
Liberté Soir. "Rachel Dorange... voulait se suicider par désespoir d'amour" ("Rachel Dorange... wished to commit suicide because of heartbreak") by Yves Rameau, November 20, 1946, p. 1. National Library of France (via Gallica). Part 2 of 2. Rachel's apartment. Rachel borrows money to purchase a cab.
Michel Détroyat. (Wikipedia).
7 Jours. "Rachel Dorange la célè écuyère est devenue cocher de fiacre" ("Rachel Dorange the celebrated horsewoman has become a cab driver"), March 23, 1941, p. 11. National Library of France (via Gallica). Rachel never would have chosen Bonhomme in the old days.
Adam's Notebook. "Germany's World War 2 Horses," by Adam Roberts (via Medium.com).
Berner Tagwacht. "Amazone wird Droschkeukutscher" ("Amazone becomes a carriage driver"), January 13, 1941, p. 6. Swiss National Library (via e-newspaperarchives.ch). "Good form" to ride in Rachel's cab.
Westfälische Zeitung. "Vom Turnierpferd zum Droschkengaul" ("From show-jumping horse to cab horse"), March 18, 1941, p. 9 (via Deutsches Zeitungsportal). "Fashionable" to ride in Rachel's cab.
Candide. "Du cirque au fiacre" ("From circus to cab"), September 26, 1941, p. 3. National Library of France (via Gallica). Rachel makes money for the first time in her life.
Juliette Clarens. D'avant-hier à aujourd'hui (From the day before yesterday to today). Nouvelles Editions Debresse, 1962, p. 1944 (excerpt via Google Books).
Cellophane fashion. "'This season of cellophane everywhere': The scintillating cellophane fashions of 1934," by Clare Sauro, Fashion, Style & Popular Culture, Volume 9, Issue 3, July, 2022, pp. 291-314. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/fspc_00133_1. (Abstract via Intellect Discover).
Radio National. "Cochères" ("Cabwomen"), January 18, 1942, p. 7. National Library of France (via Gallica). Rachel's school for women cab drivers.
Berner Tagwacht. "Taxigirls 1942," March 7, 1942, p. 3. Swiss National Library (via e-newspaperarchives.ch). Rachel's school for women cab drivers.
Le Petit Parisien. "Métiers d'hommes, mains de femmes" ("Men's trades, women's hands") by Roger Grison, December 20, 1943, p. 1. National Library of France (via Gallica). Rachel's school for women cab drivers. Coco exempted from requisition.
La Presse. "Rachel Dorange qui tenta de se suicider par désespoir d'amour nous parle de L'Histoire de Monte-Carlo" ("Rachel Dorange, who attempted suicide out of heartbreak, tells us about The Story of Monte Carlo") by Paule Corday, November 13, 1945, p. 6. National Library of France (via Gallica). Rachel purchases Coco on October 24, 1940.
L'Oeuvre. "Rachel Dorange, cocher de fiacre, a des ennuis avec sa couturière" ("Rachel Dorange, cab driver, is having trouble with her couturier") by Robert Danger, August 15, 1942, p. 1. National Library of France (via Gallica).
Qui? Detective. "Privée de cheval, Rachel Doranger&eacucte;clame des Fauteuils" ("Deprived of her horse, Rachel Dorange reclaims her armchairs"), December 31, 1951, p. 17. National Library of France (via Gallica).
Rachel's gala
Suzy Solidor.
Épuration légale. (Wikipedia). The "Épuration légale" (Legal Purge) and the "Épuration sauvage" (Wild Purge).
Michel Détroyat. (Wikipedia).
La Presse. "Rachel Dorange qui tenta de se suicider par désespoir d'amour nous parle de L'Histoire de Monte-Carlo" ("Rachel Dorange, who attempted suicide out of heartbreak, tells us about The Story of Monte Carlo") by Paule Corday, November 13, 1945, p. 6. National Library of France (via Gallica). Rachel buys a horse and cab to make tour of France.
Luna Park.
Qui? Detective "À la Poursuite d'un amour défunt" ("In pursuit of a dead love") by Marcel Morin, August 27, 1951, pp. 22-23. National Library of France (via Gallica). Rachel's 1945 Paris-Nice (or Cannes) trip.
2nd Armoured Division. "Genèse de lΓÇÖAssociation de la Maison des Anciens de la 2e DB" ("The History of the Association of the 2nd Armored Division Veterans' Home") by Christine Levisse-Touzé (via Association des Anciens de la 2e DB / Fondation Maréchale Leclerc).