Auto Union was an amalgamation of four German automobile manufacturers… Audi, Horch, DKW, Wanderer.
Following the outbreak of war, civilian production was halted and the company became a supplier of vehicles to Germany’s armed forces. Its logo, 4 overlapping rigs, survives today as the logo for Audi.
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Volkswagen Beetle’s Dark Past
In 1933 Adolf Hitler met with Ferdinand Porsche to discuss the development of a “Volks-Wagen” (“People Car”), a basic vehicle that should be capable of transporting two adults and three children at a speed of 100 km/h (62 mph), and which should cost no more than a 990 Richsmark (at an average income of 32RM/week).
Hitler’s original napkin sketch, 1932
Adler Trumpf Junior, 1937
A lady in her Adler Trumpf Junior, originally published in ‘Die Koralle’ magazine in 1937
The Adler Trumpf Junior is a small family car introduced by the Frankfurt based auto-maker, Adler early in 1934. The Trumpf Junior was conceived as a similar but smaller car which would broaden the range and claim a share of a growing market for small inexpensive front wheel drive cars. (Wikipedia)
Pocket Guide to Germany, 1944
“Whether you fight your way in, or march in to occupy Germany under armistice terms, you will be doing a soldier’s job on the soil of the enemy.
The occupation of Germany will give you your chance to build up a personal guarantee that as soon as you turn your back to go home, the German will not pick up his shooting irons and start throwing lead and lies at an unsuspecting world once more. One of the greatest challenges of the Peace to come is to make certain that the German people will take their place as law-abiding, useful citizens in the family of nations.”
Prepared by Army Information Branch, Army Service Forces, United States Army, 1944
Digitized by Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University
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