No, as I said, he found actual Boss records in the Ford Company archives. I'm glad someone else also found info and even managed to parody the firm.Originally posted by radical
I believe this came from a news report that Hugo Boss had manufactured uniforms for the SS. Here's a humorous website depicting the fall 1937 Hugo Boss Nazi fasion line:
http://www.thethirdrail.com/hugo/
Many American companies underwent post-war investigations at various levels and degrees of intensity concerning their roles in the Reich. Most of the info was quietly buried, especially as the Cold War blossomed. Some of the data is "discovered" at the same time (always food for dissertations and TV tidbits), the last being during the Swiss gold controversies.