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...car factory was first used for armaments*

Status: 10/28/2024 11:30 a.m.

'A #Volkswagen for everyone,' that's what the #Nazis promised the #Germans. On May 26 👉1938, they laid the foundation stone for the #VW plant - and produced armaments there [instead..."👈 2)

"👉More than 60,000 units [of the military, so called "#Kübelwagen" 3)] were supplied by #VW to the #Wehrmacht and #SS...

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ndr.de/geschichte/chronologie/…

Gründung des Volkswagenwerks: Autofabrik diente erst der Rüstung

Einen Volkswagen für jeden: Das versprachen die Nazis den Deutschen. Am 26. Mai 1938 legten sie den Grundstein für das VW-Werk - und produzierten dort Rüstungsgüter.

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#Volkswagen #History

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...for the #German war of extermination, as well as fighter planes, mines, and aerial bombs. 👈

In return, the #VW plant was allowed to call itself a "#War Model Factory" and was also awarded the honorary title of "National Socialist Model Factory".

👉By the end of the war, only 630 civilian vehicles had left the plant--for leading #NSDAP functionaries [only.]👈

The real triumph of the "#Beetle" as a...

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de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/VW_Typ…

Militärfahrzeug auf der Basis des KdF-Wagens

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...symbol of the economic miracle [the "people's car, #Volkswagen,] was to begin [much] later."

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