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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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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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Het ware verhaal van de
Kever: hoe Hitler het ontwerp van een joods genie confisqueerde
Paperback 17 x 21 cm
336 pages black&white
± 400 illustrations
ISBN 9789085710912
€ 24,95
1st print: Sept 2009
2nd print: Jan 2010
(order
now)
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