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Subject:Re: Friday VW trivia
From:Angus Gordon
Date:Fri, 12 Jul 2013 16:00:05 -0700

Sounds wonderful, doesn't it - "Strength through joy".

Nothing like National Socialism to bring us all together...

Angus

On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> Volkswagen was a later name for the "kleinauto" (small car) that Dr Porsche
> invented. The original name was the KdF-wagen, which stood for
> kraft-durch-freude (strength through joy). Wolfsburg was original called
> the KdF factory.
>
> (Walter Henry Nelson, "Small Wonder," the Amazing Story of the Volkswagen)
>
> Jim
>

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