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Joseph Ganz couldn't build the peoples car within the 1000 ReichsMarks budget. 1 vote · 10%
He was not a good industry leader / manager. 0 votes · 0%
His background was in motorcycles and failed in cars previously. 1 vote · 10%
He did not like Hitler and resigned. 0 votes · 0%
Porche undercut him for a far lower contract price. 1 vote · 10%
He disagreed with the KDF (Kraft Durch Freude = Power Through Joy) motto. 0 votes · 0%
Ganz was aligned with Claus von Stauffenberg who attempted to take Hitlers life. 0 votes · 0%
He was the wrong religion to most German manufacturing workers. 6 votes · 60%
He liased with a young lady called Eva Braun who later became Hitlers wife. 1 vote · 10%
He became mentally unstable and suffered paranoid delusions from the mercury in the water. 0 votes · 0%

The_Bronze. Minister of Volkswagenism

1,922 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 20 Dec 2002, 11:38 pm

#16236

Interesting to note that Ferdinand Porsche was not Adolf Hitlers first choice to develop the car we know and love so much. The first man we should consider when praising vw history in awe is Joseph Ganz. He was actually the first man chosen by Hitler to build the German "peoples car". He also coined the cars name to be developed the "Volkswagen" and even did some ground work towards the first prototype models.

Porsche was Ganz' successor at the order of Hitler the political motivation for an affordable German car for that time.

Ganz fled Gremany while Porche took hold of the reigns of the Volkswagen concept. He had already developed the prototypes , the 1932 zundapp "Volksauto" and the 1934 NSU Volksauto.

Sorry, it was late-

"Why is it not well known that Ganz was the psuedo-founder of Volkswagen? This was also the reason why he fled Germany" What was the reason?

I'll post the correct answer after 20 posts.

Pictured - Adolf Hitler and Ferdinad Porche in the suit at drivers door.

[Edited on 21-12-2002 by The_Bronze.]

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Bronze.

Rathmines, Lake Macquarie, NSW.

The_Bronze. Minister of Volkswagenism

1,922 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 23 Dec 2002, 8:13 pm

#16775

This quiz is up to four.

Have a go, you know ya wanna 😉.

Bronze.

Rathmines, Lake Macquarie, NSW.

Grey 57 Old Grey Cruiser

2,937 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 23 Dec 2002, 8:21 pm

#16785

I wanna see the best one liner in a speech bubble out of Master-race boys mouth. Cm'on

jenz58 Postal Menace

9,121 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 23 Dec 2002, 8:51 pm

#16800

Damn I went with romance and stepping into someone elses territory, and I don't even watch day time TV

vanderaj Administrator a suffusion of yellow

3,130 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 23 Dec 2002, 11:51 pm

#16870

"*ggrrrrrrnt* faarrrp... oooh yes, I've christened zis seat gut an proper. Gut zing zis braun already. Hey you, can you smell it from over there? das Gut, nein?"

[Edited on 23-12-2002 by vanderaj]

Ghia Commited Dubber

68 posts · joined Dec 2002 · 24 Dec 2002, 6:22 am

#16887

If by answer eight you mean he was Jewish, it's a race first and a religion second. I have one hard line aethist friend who is also very Jewish 😀

The_Bronze. Minister of Volkswagenism

1,922 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 25 Dec 2002, 11:16 pm

#17143

I guess it depends on your perspective I suppose but yes the answer is that...

He was Jewish

Adolf Hitler did not know of that at the time of appointing him to develop and produce the Volkswagen. When Hitler found out he was Jewish, Ganz high tailed it out of Germany before any ill could come his way from Hitlers many facist tentacles.

I apologise for any confusion as religion is not my strong point and is my current research topic at the moment, as is Australian History.

Bronze.

Rathmines, Lake Macquarie, NSW.