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Uniform deisgner?
I heard somewhere that clothing company BOSS, designed and made some of the german army uniforms during the first years of WW2, is that just a rumour?
http://www.thethirdrail.com/hugo/news.htmClothier Hugo Boss Supplied Nazi Uniforms With Forced Labor
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The German clothing factory that eventually became the international menswear powerhouse Hugo Boss AG manufactured Nazi uniforms during World War II and most likely did so using slave labor.
The revelation appeared in the latest issue of the Austrian current affairs magazine Profil. A statement from Hugo Boss AG, which is based in Metzingen, Germany, details and confirms much of the account.
"The clothing factory founded by Mr. Hugo Boss manufactured work clothes and we think SS uniforms as well. . . . So far, we have no archives in the company and we're currently trying to find what was going on," says Monika Steilen, spokeswoman for Hugo Boss AG, by phone from headquarters in Germany. "This is the first time we have heard of the history."
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Following the war, according to Profil, Boss was ostracized as an "opportunist of the Third Reich," stripped of his voting rights and fined 80,000 marks.
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Im sure most people who ostracise the makers of Material during WW2 wouldn't jump at the use of slave labour if they had the chance to so they could make a bigger profit. Instead they exploit the fact that a competitor did so they look "morally sound" when they are most likely running sweat shops somewhere in asia!