Standard Superior in the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne
The Standard Superior Type 2 from 1933 can now be admired in the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne! More information on www.verkehrshaus.ch.
Photoshooting with Michel Borzykowski
Michel Borzykowski and Ilan Lew have published the book “Objets transmissionnels – Liens familiaux à la Shoah” (2019, published by Slatkine, Geneva). In this work, with a foreword by Boris…
Josef Ganz in SonntagsBlick and on Blick.ch
The story of Josef Ganz was presented in detail in SonntagsBlick and on Blick.ch, the most visited news website in Switzerland. Read the full article online – also check out…
Josef Ganz on Swiss television at prime time
The story of Josef Ganz is presented in the news of the Swiss channel RTS at prime time! Watch it online now: https://www.rts.ch/play/tv/redirect/detail/11155864?startTime=1736
Impressions of the International Movie Premiere in Holland
On April 28 the movie premiere of the documentary “Ganz: How I lost my Beetle” By Suzanne Raes took place at the Louwman museum in Holland. Around 200 invited guests enjoyed…
How it all started
This is the first post of Lorenz Schmid’s blog on josefganz.org. Together with author Paul Schilperoord, Schmid is one of the owners of this website and a relative of Josef…
Documentary release Ganz: How I Lost My Beetle
Josef Ganz documentary release with premiere at the Louwman Museum After years of work we are very proud to announce that the documentary film Ganz: How I Lost My Beetle…
Crowdfunding Project – Press Release
Crowdfunding project aims to rebuild the original «Volkswagen» of Jewish engineer Josef Ganz https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/restoring-josef-ganz-s-1933-vw-beetle-forerunner/x/15995917#/ The Hague, the Netherlands / Bern, Switzerland – Unique crowdfunding project aims to restore the original…
Crowdfunding Project to start soon
In 1933, at the Berlin motor show, Jewish engineer Josef Ganz presented a revolutionary “Volkswagen” before Hitler. Fast forward five years: Hitler introduces the KdF Volkswagen to the German people while…
