History lesson, now pay attention! After WWII the ethnic German luthiers who had been living in Sudetenland, (pre war Czecho-Slovakia and whose annexation by Hitler was one of the precursors of the war), and working for Alfred Borst and Karl Höfner amongst others, were deported to Germany proper, (so Germany would never again have territorial claims on the area). 

In 1946 German entrepreneur Fred Wilfer, (possibly with the help of one of the Höfner family), got the Refugee Commission to send them to Moehrendorf where he set up a factory and Framus was born. In 1948 the factory moved to modern new premises in Bubenreuth giving them one of the most up to date factories in the world at the time. They set out to produce all types of fretted chordophone including guitars, mandolins, banjos, (including banjoleles), and ukuleles.

In the late 1950 they changed emphasis to producing mainly electric instruments, though acoustic instrument production did continue too, and opened a second factory in Pretzfeld. At this time Framus was the biggest Guitar maker in Europe. However towards the end of the 1970's with all of the cheaper Far Eastern imports Framus was bankrupt and production almost ceased. 

In 1995 the Framus name was resurrected by the U.S. Music Corp and they are still going today but USM only use Framus to brand Electric Guitars and Amps.

Due to the bankruptcy of the company when almost the whole archives were lost they are looking for contemporary witnesses and information about Framus if you know anything please do contact the Framus Museum