Negergarn Belagarn was a German brand specializing in yarn manufacturing during the 20th century. One of their flagship products was the production of small kits to touch up damaged stockings. Some of their advertisements were racial in nature, at a time when Germany still had colonies in Africa. The brand was created by the twisting mill “Gebr. Wolf – Negergarnfabrik” (1936-1948) located in Neukirch-Pleisse, Saxony. Gebrüder WOLF ran a factory. In general, the Negergarnfabrik was known for its Sari yarn, twisted threads for sewing and handicrafts and the famous travèl set "Zellwoll-stopftwist", this was a travel set made to repair clothing. The company was well-respected in the 1920-1950s. Even in the GDR era Negergarn Belagarn initially produced the well-known "Negro yarn" and "Bela yarn" without seeing this as racist. The western Saxon region around Glauchau and Crimmitschau developed into a center of the textile industry in the late 19th century. Accordingly, a large number of small and medium-sized companies were active in this region. In fact, several of these companies belong to the WOLF family, a wealthy family of tradesmen from Grimmitschau. This factory was built in 1936 as “Negergarnfabrik Gebrüder Wolf” by brothers Friedrich and Guido WOLF. Reason for this strange name “Negergarn” was that they claimed that their textiles will not lose the color after washing. The yarns were sold under this name until the 1960s. Meanwhile in 1953 the factory was renamed “Spinnerei und Zwirnerei Schweinsburg”. Not much later they merged with “Feinzwirnerei Sachsenring Glauchau”. Eventually in the 1960s, most of the local factories joined forces and became part of “Spinnerei und Zwirnerei Sachsenring Glauchau”. The factory closed down in 1993 just after the unification of Germany. Two years later their site was demolished.