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BEETLE
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The history of the Volkswagen
Beetle is a complex and fascinating one. Much
of the intrigue and espionage behind - as well as the
personal involvement of Hitler with - the most famous car of
all times is described in the book Het ware verhaal van
de Kever (The
true story of the Beetle).
The 'Beetle history' pages on
this website are intended to give you insight in the
research behind this book and explain some of the evidence
behind the claims made in it. The articles focus on
one particular topic and new ones will be added over time: |
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MOTOR-KRITIK In
1928 Josef Ganz was appointed as editor-in-chief of Klein-Motor-Sport,
a magazine about motorcycles and small cars. Ganz
was able to use
the periodical as a platform from which to bombard
the industry with criticism and at the same time to
describe his own innovative concepts. In 1929 Ganz
renamed the magazine into the more
appropriate Motor-Kritik. Campaigning for
such innovative ideas as streamlining, fully
independent suspension and the German Volkswagen... [continue
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DID
ANY CARS BY JOSEF GANZ SURVIVE?
From 1930 onwards Josef
Ganz designed and built a number of prototypes and
was involved in the development of several
production cars, including models of BMW and
Mercedes-Benz. A few of these still exist today, but
what happened to the rest remains a mystery... [continue
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THE
VISIT OF PORSCHE TO GANZ IN OCTOBER 1931
Chapter 6 of The
true story of the Beetle describes how Ferry
Porsche - the son of Ferdinand Porsche - and
financial director Adolf Rosenberger of the Dr.-Ing.
h.c. Ferdinand Porsche GmbH in November 1931 visit
Josef Ganz in Frankfurt in order to test-drive his Maikäfer
prototype... [continue
reading]
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The Extraodinary Life of
Josef Ganz - The Jewish Engineer Behind Hitler's Volkswagen
6 x 10 inch | 352 pages | hardcover | 150+ color and B&W
photos & illustrations
ISBN 978-1-61412-201-2
$ 29.95 (US)
1st print: Nov 2011
(pre-order
at Amazon)
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