Summer 1940. France lies defeated and divided — occupied in the north by German forces and ruled in the south by the Vichy regime.
As art, gold, and treasures vanish under Nazi looting, greed becomes a weapon of survival. Among those who turned war into profit was Mandel Szkolnikoff, a Jewish-born textile merchant who supplied uniforms for the German army and the SS — while secretly trading in stolen art and property under Gestapo protection.
Shielded by powerful Nazi officials, Szkolnikoff built a vast empire of hotels and luxury estates from Paris to Monaco, becoming one of the richest men in wartime France. His story blurs the lines between collaboration, corruption, and survival — and ends in mystery and betrayal.