Kraš

Kraš (Croatian pronunciation: [krâʃ], formerly known as Union) is the largest Croatian company engaged in the production of confectionery products and at the same time one of the largest in Southeastern Europe.
==Union==
===1911–1950===
The company traces its origins from two factories from the early 20th century — "Union", founded in 1911, by Yugoslavian Jews, including Slavaljub Deutsch, the oldest surviving chocolate manufacturer in southeastern Europe — and "Bizjak", founded in 1923, which manufactured toast, cookies and wafers. Deutsch was subsequently murdered in Auschwitz and his property seized.
Just two years later, the Union factory was awarded the title of royal court supplier for the royal court in Vienna and Buda.
==Kraš==
===1950–1965===
KRAS-omot-cokolade-iz-ranih-1950-ih-godina slika O 119593233.jpg|
Kraš (1950, alt).png|
Josip Kraš.jpg|
After the Second World War and the establishment of the socialist market system in 1945, the state nationalized the Union factory and confiscated it from its owners. By 1950, Union, Bizjak and other smaller confectionery manufacturers from Zagreb merged. In the same year, the authorities gave the factory a new name — Josip Kraš, after the national hero, a prominent member of the highest governing bodies of the KPH and KPJ who was killed in a street fight with the Ustasha on October 18, 1941 in Karlovac.
===1965–present===
Kraš logo (1990-).svg|Variant with 1911, representing the year the company was founded
Kras002735005.jpg|Alternative logo, with the coat of arms of Zagreb being in blue 
Kraš yellowvr.gif|Alternative logo, most commonly used on wrappers 
Category:Chocolate
Category:Confectionery
Category:Food and drink
Category:Confectionery companies
Category:Food and drink companies
Category:Food and drink in Croatia
Category:Croatia
Category:Yugoslavia
Category:1911
Category:1950
Category:1910s