# Josef Ganz Archive

> The Josef Ganz Archive documents the life and work of Josef Ganz (1898–1967),
> the Jewish-German engineer and journalist who pioneered the modern Volkswagen
> ("people's car") concept in the 1920s and 1930s. It is the authoritative,
> source-based reference on Ganz, his prototypes, his magazine Motor-Kritik, his
> persecution under the Nazi regime, and his exile.

Key facts (verified):
- Josef Ganz: born 1 July 1898 in Budapest; died 26 July 1967 in St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia.
- Editor-in-chief of the automotive magazine Motor-Kritik (renamed by Ganz in 1929).
- Built the Ardie-Ganz prototype (1930) and the Maikäfer ("May Bug") prototype (1931).
- The 1933 Standard Superior was a production Volkswagen built on his patents.
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76980
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Ganz
- Wikipedia (DE): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Ganz

Primary pages:
- [Biography](https://josefganz.org/biography): full life story of Josef Ganz.
- [The Cars](https://josefganz.org/cars): prototypes and production cars (Ardie-Ganz, Maikäfer, Standard Superior, Swiss Volkswagen, and more).
- [Books](https://josefganz.org/books): books about Josef Ganz, incl. Paul Schilperoord's biography.
- [Documentary](https://josefganz.org/documentary): the film "Ganz: How I Lost My Beetle".
- [On Show](https://josefganz.org/on-show): where his cars and prototypes are currently exhibited.
- [Museums](https://josefganz.org/museums): museums holding Ganz-related vehicles.
- [News](https://josefganz.org/news): ongoing archive news and research updates.
- [About](https://josefganz.org/about): about the archive.

Languages: English (root, e.g. /biography), German (/de/*), French (/fr/*).

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