This was in a Costco magazine. The family used ""savings"" to start this business and then later got a military contract with the US. I wonder where that savings came from? Perhaps more family lore?
Herman Leopold Ludwig Eugene Hans Heinz Bonatz was his name. Likely named his son Hans. You can't even find out where Heinz passed away in 81. Hans being 19 in post war means he was probably born in the twenties