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Biography Motor-Kritik

Cars Overview Ardie-Ganz Maikäfer Standard Superior Standard Merkur Bungartz Butz Rapid 'Swiss VW' Julien MM5 & MM7

All Publications English Edition Dutch Edition De Zoektocht naar Josef Ganz German Edition Portuguese Edition Alles Mit Motor

Overview Events Exhibitions Museums

About the Site Media Get Involved Contact

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Josef Ganz Archive

JosefGanz.org

A documented resource dedicated to the life and work of engineer Josef Ganz, whose designs and writings contributed to early concepts of lightweight mass-market automobiles, and whose role received limited attention in historical accounts for many years.

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This website, josefganz.org, is based on documented historical sources drawn from the research of Paul Schilperoord on Josef Ganz. These sources are fully cited in his book The Extraordinary Life of Josef Ganz: The Jewish Engineer Behind Hitler's Volkswagen . Work is underway to make the archive publicly available.

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The German (/de/) and French (/fr/) versions of this website were produced with the help of machine translation and may contain errors or awkward phrasing. The English version is the authoritative source. If you spot a mistake, please get in touch via the contact page — we are grateful for corrections.

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