BERLIN CALENDAR: THE PIOUS AND THE RUBBER GOODS

Today in Berlin: May 12, 1945

On 12 May, 1945 Julius Fromm (born as Israel From), inventor of the first seamless rubber condom, died in exile in London at 62. "Fromms Act" or "Frommsen" were produced in Berlin from 1916 and would be included in every German First World War soldier's pack. By 1919 some 150,000 Frommsen were manufactured per day. Here’s Herr Fromm’s seamless road to success…