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VW History....intresting

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aeronca65t

aeronca65t

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~Very interesting story~ about some of the early history of VW.

~Excellent, related slide show~

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There was a similar story in WSJ last weekend.

I'm still not convinced that Ganz has a "beetle" connection, with the preceding MaiKaefer, Standard-Superior, and Rumpler. But certainly see the VW connection.

Early sketches:

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Also interesting, and probably intentional: In German, the word Ganz means "quite" or "fully". So the "Ganz-Klein-Wagen" label has two meanings. Ganz's "small car", and "quite small car".


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Thanks for posting the links.
Tom
 
Sadly, that was not the only idea or property taken from the Jews at that awful time in German history.
 
Paul - that's for sure. I think just about *all* ideas and property were taken from them - citizenship and recognition as human beings, included - during those horrible ten years.

Tom
 
How right you are Tom. Man's inhumanity to man, proven once again.
 
Thank You,
It was a truly enlightening lesson.
 
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