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The Extraordinary Life of Josef Ganz: The Jewish Engineer Behind Hitler's Volkswagen (Hardcover)
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The Extraordinary Life of Josef Ganz: The Jewish Engineer Behind Hitler's Volkswagen (Hardcover)
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The astonishing biography of Josef Ganz, a Jewish designer from
Frankfurt, who in May 1931 created a revolutionary small car: the
Maikafer (German for "May bug"). Seven years later, Hitler
introduced the Volkswagen. The Nazis not only "took" the concept of
Ganz's family car--their production model even ended up bearing the
same nickname. The Beetle incorporated many of the features of
Ganz's original Maikafer, yet until recently Ganz received no
recognition for his pioneering work. The Nazis did all they could
to keep the Jewish godfather of the German compact car out of the
history books. Now Paul Schilperoord sets the record straight.
Josef Ganz was hunted by the Nazis, even beyond Germany's borders,
and narrowly escaped assassination. He was imprisoned by the
Gestapo until an influential friend with connections to Goring
helped secure his release. Soon afterward, he was forced to flee
Germany, while Porsche, using many of his groundbreaking ideas,
created the Volkswagen for Hitler. After the war, Ganz moved to
Australia, where he died in 1967.
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