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'Hitler's Tailor' Hugo Boss apologises for using slave labour

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2040943/Hitlers-Tailor-Hugo-Boss-apologises-using-slave-labour-make-Nazi-uniforms.html

German fashion house Hugo Boss always tried to brush over its links to the Nazis. But now it is finally confronting the issue face on.
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Imperious Leader '17 '16 '15 Organizer '14 Customizer '13 '12 '11 '10
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Boss made and designed most if not all of the German uniforms.
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So thats why they had that cool look
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Man! That Jacket is BOSS!

LOVE IT!. :D
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I had no idea! Thanks for the article.

I know the Italians had some top end designers also.
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Don’t forget, unlike France or Norway surrender was no survivable option for the Russian population. Hitler made very clear quite early that he considered them “subhuman” and GeStaPo and SS did their deadly job in notorious german thouroughness in Poland, Belarus and Ukraine. So I’m not sure if taking the capital would have ended the war in Russia - perhaps the regular war, but not the need for massive amount of troops there. I’m pretty sure the long term need and lack of administrational staff and police for this vast area with millions of deads causing disobeyance and riots would have been more than a pain in the a… for the Reich.
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