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TIL that German luxury brand, Hugo Boss AG, in 1934-1935 advertised itself as the, “supplier of national socialist uniforms” In 1946, its founder, Hugo Boss, was fined 70k and stripped of his voting rights for being a beneficiary of Nazism.

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