Friedrich Karl Frohne was born in Koblenz. He attended the German Gymnasium as in his studies as a pharmacist in the years 1923-1926 he learned the fundamental principles for his later business.

gave him a great opportunity – He took over a pharmacy in Bremerhaven. Here is where ointment production began on a small scale but World War II completely ruined these successes

drafted into military service, was trained as a medical orderly and in tropic hygiene.

His pharmacy was destroyed by fire bombs, so he had to start from scratch after the war. He had a new start in the Russian occupied zone.