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Hugo Boss
Hugo Ferdinand Boss was a German businessman who founded the fashion house Hugo Boss. He was an active member of the Nazi Party from 1931, and remained so until Nazi Germany's capitulation. His clothing company also utilized forced labour drawn from German-occupied territories and prisoner-of-war camps to manufacture military uniforms for the Schutzstaffel and Wehrmacht.
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business · German businessman (1885–1948) · entrepreneur · fashion designer · also Hugo Boss, Hugo Boss (businessman), Hugo Ferdinand Boss, Boss
Born 8 July 1885 · Died 9 August 1948 · Q63219
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2026· 2 entries
Vogue: Hugo Boss Sales Drop 9% in Q2 as Frasers Offer Looms
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2011· 1 entry
For the misuse of 140 Polish and 40 French forced workers
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1999· 1 entry
US lawyers acting on behalf of Holocaust survivors started legal proceedings against the Hugo Boss company over its use of slave labour during the war
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1948· 1 entry
Died 1948-08-09.
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1931· 1 entry
Two years before Adolf Hitler came to power
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1923· 1 entry
And then opened a factory in 1924, initially with two partners
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1914· 1 entry
Was mobilized into the army and served through World War I, ending it as a corporal
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1885· 1 entry
Born 1885-07-08.
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