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The predecessor of the Volkswagen Beetle, of which Ferdinand Porsche is considered the designer. Undated pre-war edition. The year of release is an estimate, the model was ready for production at the end of 1938. * Start on first page: "Der Wille des Fuhreres gibt den Deutschen Volke den KdF-Wagen". Kraft durch Freude (KdF) **, (Dutch: Power through Joy), was a government-run organization in Nazi Germany that rewarded good work performance with outings and vacations. KdF was part of the Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF), the national German labor organization. KdF also started producing an affordable car, the KdF-Wagen - later known as Volkswagen Beetle. For the production of the cars and the housing of the workers involved, a new town was built near Fallersleben, which was called KdF-Stadt (present-day Wolfsburg). KdF organized a special savings system so that ordinary workers could afford the luxury of a car. The outbreak of the Second World War meant little of this. Of the 340,000 savers, none has ever obtained a KdF car. *
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