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When Was Volkswagen Founded

The German government, then governed by Adolf Hitler of the National Socialist (Nazi) Party, establishes a new state-owned vehicle corporation on May 28th, 1937, under the name Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagens mbH. It was called simply Volkswagenwerk later that year, meaning “People’s Car Corporation. Volkswagen’s original owners were the Nazi-affiliated German Labor Front, …

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