Hugo Boss (businessman)

For the fashion company he founded, see Hugo Boss.

Hugo Boss
Hugo in 1933
Born
Hugo Ferdinand Boss

(1885-07-08)8 July 1885
Metzingen, Württemberg, German Empire
Died9 August 1948(1948-08-09) (aged 63)
Metzingen, Württemberg-Hohenzollern, Allied-occupied Germany
Occupation
  • Businessman
Known forFounding the Hugo Boss clothing company
Political partyNazi Party (1931–1945)

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. 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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