Hugo Boss
German businessman (1885–1948)
Hugo Ferdinand Boss (8 July 1885 – 9 August 1948) 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.2
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Born Jul 8, 1885, died Aug 9, 1948.1
About
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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Companies
Early life and education
Boss was born in Metzingen, Kingdom of Württemberg, to Luise (née Münzenmayer) and Heinrich Boss, the youngest of five children. He apprenticed as a merchant, did his military service from 1903 to 1905, and then worked in a weaving mill in Konstanz. He took over his parents' lingerie shop in Metzingen in 1908, as heir. In 1914, he was mobilized into the army and served through World War I, ending it as a corporal.
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Career
Personal life
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- 1WikidataHugo Boss on Wikidata
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- 9WikidataHugo Boss: IMDb, on Wikidata
- 10WikidataHugo Boss, Founder