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To: Trod Upon

Funny enough, that’s not what Adolf called it. His name for Ferdinand Porsche’s car was the “KdF-Wagen”, taken from the name of the Nazi tourism bureau, “Kraft durch Freude” (Strength through Joy).


53 posted on 02/19/2014 6:43:58 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Hmm, he must have ultimately been convinced that “strength through joy car” didn’t quite sound proletarian enough.


88 posted on 02/20/2014 10:32:57 PM PST by Trod Upon (Every penny given to film and TV media companies goes right into enemy coffers. Starve them out!)
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