A new academic study has accused German fashion giant Hugo Boss of building its early wealth on Nazi uniforms and forced labor, and of later “whitewashing” that history through branding and selective corporate social responsibility messaging.The article, titled “'Embroidering Nazism' – Brand Management of Global 'Clothing Giants' as Exemplified by Hugo Boss,” appears in the journal Internal Security and is authored by Polish criminologist Dr. Magdalena Ickiewicz-Sawicka of Bialystok University