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pdc Samba Member
Joined: January 28, 2009 Posts: 50 Location: Romania, Italy
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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 1:46 pm Post subject: The Extraordinary Life of Josef Ganz |
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I want to report a very interesting book recently published and which sheds new light on the origins of the beetle.
The book is "The Extraordinary Life of Josef Ganz: The Jewish Hitler's Volkswagen Engineer Behind" (RVP Publishers, 2011). The book is the result of more than five years of research by Paul Schilperoord, a Dutch technology journalist who is studying industrial design in Italy.
The book present the story of Josef Ganz, a Jewish engineer and journalist, whose designs and published work in the 1930s laid out the basics for the Volkswagen Beetle; in 1934 he was arrested by the Gestapo, chased from Germany and nearly airbrushed out of history. He ended his life in Australia in 1967, almost completely forgotten.
Any opinion about it? _________________ http://beetlestandard.blogspot.com/ |
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79SuperVert Samba Member
Joined: May 31, 2002 Posts: 9758 Location: Elizabeth, NJ & La Isla Del Encanto
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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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It's being discussed here:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=376311 _________________ Central Jersey VW Society
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pdc Samba Member
Joined: January 28, 2009 Posts: 50 Location: Romania, Italy
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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you, I missed the discussion and I will join it.
I realize that few people have read the book, and that the vast majority is skeptical about role Ganz had in the development of the concept.
In fact, the book provide a surprisingly large amount of "contemporary records" that deserves to be carefully examined before any comment be made. _________________ http://beetlestandard.blogspot.com/ |
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69820 Location: Phoenix Metro
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