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…
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…
We have been a little bit quiet in our communication, but only because we were working very hard to finalize the restoration project. After a couple more trips to firma…
We are very excited to report that Firma Mebero s.r.l., Dr. A. Bilciurescu in Cluj – Rumania is making good progress with the restoration of our 1933 Standard Superior. A…
Specialty model car manufacturer AutoCult from Germany has released a special collectors’ set entitled “The Road to the People’s Car”, including four 1:43 scale models of pre-VW cars and prototypes and…
Specialty model car manufacturer AutoCult from Germany has just released a 1:43 scale model of the 1946 Rapid “Swiss Volkswagen”, which will be made in a limited edition of 333 pieces. This car…
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…
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…