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The extraordinary life of Josef Ganz : the Jewish engineer behind Hitler's Volkswagen / Paul Schilperoord.

Title
The extraordinary life of Josef Ganz : the Jewish engineer behind Hitler's Volkswagen / Paul Schilperoord.
Author
Schilperoord, Paul.
Publication
New York : RVP Publishers, 2012.

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Additional Authors
  • Waters, Liz
  • Schilperoord, Paul.
Description
274 p., [64] p. of plates : ill.; 23 cm.
Alternative Title
Josef Ganz : the Jewish engineer behind Hitler's Volkswagen
Subject
  • Ganz, Josef, 1898-1967
  • Jewish engineers > Germany > Biography
  • Volkswagen Beetle automobile > History
  • Automobiles > Germany > Design and construction > Biography
  • Industrialists > Germany > Biography
Note
  • "Extended edition of: Het ware verhaal van de Kever, published in the Netherlands in 2009 by Uitgeverij Veen Magazines, Diemen."--T.p. verso.
  • "Translated from the Dutch by Liz Waters"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references: (p. [263]-274).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
From Tropfenwagen to Volkswagen -- A new calling -- Motor-Kritik -- The bug is born -- Sabotaged bug -- Intrigues in Paris -- Nazi smear campaign -- The May Bug becomes the superior -- Presentation for Hitler -- Gestapo cellar on the Alexanderplatz -- Volkswagens for the autobahn -- Hitler sketches the beetle -- Kasierhof Hotel, Berlin -- Night of th long knives -- Swiss Volkswagen -- Sanctuary in Australia.
ISBN
  • 9781614122036 (pbk.)
  • 1614122032 (pbk.)
OCLC
  • 778525441
  • SCSB-12493724
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library