Fromms

wie der jüdische Kondomfabrikant Julius F. unter die deutschen Räuber fiel

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Fromms

wie der jüdische Kondomfabrikant Julius F. unter die deutschen Räuber fiel

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If you wanted to buy a top-quality condom in prewar Germany, you bought Fromms Act, the first brand name condom and still a leading brand in the German market. The man behind this "pure German quality product" was Julius Fromm, a Jewish entrepreneur who had immigrated from Russia as a child. Fromm was in the right place at the right time: he patented Fromms Act in 1916, when the combination of changing sexual mores, awareness of sexual health, and the lack of reliable prophylactics meant a market primed for his product. In 1922 he began mass production and opened international branches. Sixteen years later, after building the brand into a best seller and the company into a model business, he was forced to sell Fromms Act for a fraction of its worth to a German baroness. In 1939 he emigrated to London.Aly and Sontheimer trace Fromm's rise and fall, illuminating the ways Jewish businesses like his were Aryanized under the Nazis. Through the biography of this businessman and the story of his unusual and fabulously successful company, we learn the fascinating history of the first branded condoms in Germany and the sexual culture that allowed them to thrive, the heretofore undocumented machinations by which the Nazis robbed German-Jewish families of their businesses, and the tragedy of a man whose great love for the adopted country that first allowed him to succeed was betrayed by its government and his fellow citizens. This captivating account offers a wealth of detail and a fresh array of photographic documentation, and adds a striking new dimension to our understanding of this dark period in German history.From the Hardcover edition.

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S. Fischer
Language
German
Pages
217

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Fromms: how Julius Fromm's condom empire fell to the Nazis
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Fromms: how Julius Fromm's condom empire fell to the Nazis
2009, Other Press
in English
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Fromms: how Julius Fromm's condom empire fell to the Nazis
2009, Other Press
in English
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Fromms
2009, Other Press
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Cover of: Fromms
Fromms: how Julius Fromm's condom empire fell to the Nazis
2009, Other Press
in English
Cover of: Fromms
Fromms: Wie der jüdische Kondomfabrikant Julius F. unter die deutschen Räuber fiel
Jan 01, 2009, FISCHER Taschenbuch
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-208) and index.

Published in
Frankfurt am Main
Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Library of Congress
HD9995.C63 G335 2007

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Pagination
217 p. :
Number of pages
217

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Open Library
OL16315060M
ISBN 13
9783100004222
LCCN
2007398790
OCLC/WorldCat
85770645
Library Thing
3595886
Goodreads
2148884

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