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| Fashion label Hugo Boss expresses regret at Nazi past Posted: 22 Sep 2011 08:55 AM PDT
In the new book financed by Hugo Boss, researcher Roman Koester explains how Hugo Ferdinand Boss's clothing factory in the southern German town of Metzingen employed forced labourers during the war. Boss joined the National Socialist Party in 1931, and orders for uniforms from the party saved his factory from bankruptcy. As workers became scarce during the war, the factory employed 140 forced labourers, most of whom were women. A further 40 French prisoners of war worked for the company from October 1940 to April 1941. Hugo Boss, which has in the past been referred to as "Hitler's Tailor", said it financed Koester's research in order to add "clarity and objectivity to the discussion". "It also wishes to express its profound regret to those who suffered harm or hardship at the factory run by Hugo Ferdinand Boss under National Socialist rule," it said on its website. The company started making the sharp suits for which it is now famous in the 1950s. "Hugo Boss, 1924-1945. A Clothing Factory During the Weimar Republic and Third Reich" is written by Roman Koester and is available now. — Reuters |
| Schwarzenegger to write ‘unbelievably true’ memoir Posted: 22 Sep 2011 08:50 AM PDT  "Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story" will be Schwarzenegger's second autobiography. — Reuters file pic Schwarzenegger, 64, who in May announced his separation from wife Maria Shriver after admitting to fathering a child out of wedlock, is "chronicling his embodiment of the American Dream" in his second autobiography, publisher Simon & Schuster said. The memoir, titled "Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story," was acquired by Simon & Schuster after Schwarzenegger began working on the book last year. It will be released in October 2012. Four months after he left office as California governor, Schwarzenegger said in May that he was halting discussions for a new "Terminator" movie and all other Hollywood projects in order to focus on personal matters after admitting he fathered a secret child 13 years ago with his family's housekeeper. He has been ridiculed in the media and Shriver filed for a divorce in July to end their 25-year marriage, citing irreconcilable differences. The couple has four children together. He has since planned to shoot action roles in movies "Last Stand" and "The Expendables 2". A spokeswoman for Simon & Schuster would not comment on whether the book would discuss his divorce and sex scandal. The book will be published in the United States, Australia, Canada, India, and the United Kingdom. German rights have been sold to Hoffmann und Campe and Dutch rights to A.W. Bruna. "Nobody has a life story even close to his. To go from poor immigrant to world class athlete to the biggest movie star in the world to governor of California is an incredible journey," Jonathan Karp, publisher of Simon & Schuster, said in a statement. Schwarzenegger's first book, "The Education of a Bodybuilder, has never been out of print since its release in 1977, Simon & Schuster said. — Reuters |
FRANKFURT, Sept 22 — German fashion house Hugo Boss has apologised to people mistreated at a factory making uniforms during World War Two after revelations in a new book financed by the company.| You are subscribed to email updates from The Malaysian Insider :: Showbiz To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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