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Key facts
- Born
- Hugo Ferdinand Boss , ( 1885-07-08 ) 8 July 1885, Metzingen , Württemberg , German Empire
- Died
- 9 August 1948 (1948-08-09) (aged 63), Metzingen, Württemberg-Hohenzollern , Allied-occupied Germany
- Occupation
- Businessman
- Known for
- Founding the Hugo Boss clothing company
- Political party
- Nazi Party (1931–1945)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ferdinand
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Nazi Germany
- Place of birth
- Metzingen
- Place of death
- Metzingen
- Occupation
- fashion designer
- Political party
- Nazi Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military rank
- Obergefreiter
- Image
- Hugo-boss.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1885-07-08
- date of death
- 1948-08-09
- member of
- Kyffhäuserbund
- name in native language
- Hugo Boss
- Commons category
- Hugo Boss (businessman)
- P8168
- Notre Dame SC
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hugo Boss” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.