Hugo Boss (businessman)
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Hugo Ferdinand Boss (8 July 1885 – 9 August 1948)[1] was a German businessman and an early member of the Nazi Party. He was the founder of the fashion house Hugo Boss AG.
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Born | Hugo Ferdinand Boss (1885-07-08)8 July 1885 |
Died | 9 August 1948(1948-08-09) (aged 63) Metzingen, Württemberg-Hohenzollern, Allied-occupied Germany |
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Known for | Founding the Hugo Boss luxury clothing company |
Political party | Nazi Party (1931–1945) |
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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 POW camps, to manufacture uniforms for the SS and later the Wehrmacht.