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Volkswagen (VW; German pronunciation: [ˈfɔlksˌvaːɡn̩] ⓘ) [Note 1] is a German automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.Established in 1937 by The German Labour Front, it was revitalized into the global brand it is today after World War II by British Army officer Ivan Hirst.
Volkswagen also has three joint ventures in China, FAW-Volkswagen, SAIC Volkswagen and Volkswagen Anhui. The company has operations in roughly 150 countries, and it has 100 production facilities across 27 countries. Volkswagen was founded in Berlin in 1937 and incorporated in Wolfsburg to manufacture the car that would become known as the ...
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DAF was then commissioned to build the largest automobile factory in Europe. Under the supervision of DAF director Robert Ley, the "Society for the Preparation of German Volkswagens mbH" (Gezuvor) was founded on 28 May 1937, with its headquarters in Berlin. Their first and only product was to be the KdF-Wagen (lit. ' KdF-vehicle ').
The Volkswagen Beetle, ... underwent testing in early April 1937, ... founded in May 1938, was not yet finished. During the war, ...
Anton Piëch (German pronunciation: [ˈantoːn ˈpiːɛç]; 21 September 1894 – 29 August 1952) was an Austrian-German lawyer and the son-in-law of Ferdinand Porsche.He headed Volkswagenwerk GmbH between 1941 and 1945, which produced the Volkswagen vehicles (KdF-Wagen) at the factory in Wolfsburg, Germany.
Volkswagenwerk GmbH (Volkswagen Factory GmbH) was established in Wolfsburg, Germany in 1937 by the German Labour Front, a Nazi organization. [13] It is estimated by historians that 60–70% of the workforce were enslaved or forced labour including from Arbeitsdorf, a concentration camp specifically built for providing VW with enslaved labour.
28 May — Volkswagen, state-owned carmaker, is formed to produce the new people's car. [1] 8 June — Carl Orff's Carmina Burana premieres in Frankfurt, Germany. 15 July Buchenwald Concentration Camp opened; 18 July - Haus der Kunst in Munich opened; 20 July — The Geibeltbad Pirna is opened in Dresden, Germany.