Comedian Brand claims Hugo Boss founder is 'Nazi'

Russell Brand hit out at the GQ Awards sponsors Hugo Boss claiming the company's founder was a "Nazi".

The 38-year-old star picked up the Oracle of the Year award at the ceremony at the Royal Opera House in central London last night, but he referred to the history of sponsors Hugo Boss - who formally apologised in 2011 for their maltreatment of 140 Polish and 40 French workers - and they founder, who became a member of the National Socialist Party in Germany in 1931 and supplied uniforms to the Sturmabteilung, Schutzstaffel, Hitler Youth, National Socialist Motor Corps, and other party organisations