A few years later... one outcome of all that madness...The photos were taken by a Life Magazine photographer between 1939 and 1940 in Berlin
I had 2 VW Beetles. The little things were built like tanks for as light as they were. On our interstate highways they were a bit of slugs... Unless it snowed!!!Bobinder
Yes, you are right, VW and "Fusca", this is how it was known in Brazil, it has been part of Brazilian life since the 1950s.
It is very difficult for someone over the age of thirty, not to have a story about a "Fusca".
Until the 90s, every Brazilian learned to drive in a "Fusca", the first car of a worker, was a "Fusca", in the 70s the cars of the police were the "Fusca".
He honored with many merits the title of "Popular Car".
I'm not sure if the last "Fusca" were made in Brazil or Mexico.
And yes, I had a "Fusca", it was not my first car, but I did.
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The Thing (Trekker in the UK, Safari in Mexico, Camat in Indonesia, Type 181 or 182 elsewhere) wasn't exactly a kubelwagen, but pretty close. It was built originally to serve as military vehicle for NATO forces and did so through the 80s. The civilian version was canceled in the US in 1975 because it was impossible to get it to meet new safety standards. It remained on sale elsewhere until 1980.Re-introduced as the VW Thing in the US many years later.
Does anyone but me find it ironic that many of the mandated 'safety features' on cars today carry warning signs that they can maim or kill you (or in California might cause cancer)???
We have 5 mph bumpers thrown at us that cost more than car to replace in a 6mph hit, airbags that might go off and then again might not and might go off when they shouldn't, and now lane warning alerts if you are talking on your damn cellphone.The Thing (Trekker in the UK, Safari in Mexico, Camat in Indonesia, Type 181 or 182 elsewhere) wasn't exactly a kubelwagen, but pretty close. It was built originally to serve as military vehicle for NATO forces and did so through the 80s. The civilian version was canceled in the US in 1975 because it was impossible to get it to meet new safety standards. It remained on sale elsewhere until 1980.
Of course, EARTH !
I do my possible but sometimes, I'm wrong especially concerning these two words : earth / hearth
I could identify a few.
Series 1, #6, #7, #10
Series 2, #1, #2, #5
Series 3, #1, #2, #7
Are taken during one of the yearly NSDAP rallies (Reichsparteitage) in Nürnberg
Series 6, #1 the warship in the background is the ‘Deutschland’, one of the Kriegsmarine’s ‘pocket battleships’ (actually heavy cruisers) and sister ship of the ‘Admiral Graf Spee’. At the outbreak of the war, her name was changed in ‘Lützow’, since Hitler did not want to take the risk of a ship named ‘Deutschland’ being sunk
Series 2, #8 : Hitler in Mussolini in Santa Marinella, Italy, during military maneuvers.
Series 4, #10 :Hitler watching a military parade in Warsaw, after the conquest of the city (5 october 1939)
Series 4, #9 and Series 5, #4 : Hitler following army maneuvers in Sankt Poelten (1939)
Series 2; #3 : The ‘Reichserntedankefest’ (Reichs Thanksgiving Celebration), in a place named Buckeberg.
A few years later... one outcome of all that madness...
Re-introduced as the VW Thing in the US many years later.
Does anyone but me find it ironic that many of the mandated 'safety features' on cars today carry warning signs that they can maim or kill you (or in California might cause cancer)???
Quite pleased to see that my "Berlin Diary" thread lives on as a lively discussion of the time and place (and it's vehicles). Never would have guessed that this might happen. Love it! Keep it going folks. This is not only fascinating but quite educationalThe Thing (Trekker in the UK, Safari in Mexico, Camat in Indonesia, Type 181 or 182 elsewhere) wasn't exactly a kubelwagen, but pretty close. It was built originally to serve as military vehicle for NATO forces and did so through the 80s. The civilian version was canceled in the US in 1975 because it was impossible to get it to meet new safety standards. It remained on sale elsewhere until 1980.
It looks remarkably grim. The sound is on, but nobody seems to be talking at all. It's all surrealistic in its silence. People walking around in a dystopia of destruction. So much of a contrast to the feeling during the Olympics, when Hitler was still trying to look the part of a world statesman (footage from Leni Riefenstahl's film "Olympia"):A few years later... one outcome of all that madness...
Oh, so that's Brexit then, is it? Seems right.Just like a conversation in the pub: you start talking about Brexit, and the conversation quickly turns to whether the tits on that girl are real or not.
A truly awe inspiring record of a nation recovering from catastrophe. Well worth viewing - thank you for posting Malins.A few years later... one outcome of all that madness...
I could identify a few.
Series 1, #6, #7, #10
Series 2, #1, #2, #5
Series 3, #1, #2, #7
Are taken during one of the yearly NSDAP rallies (Reichsparteitage) in Nürnberg.
Series 6, #1 the warship in the background is the ‘Deutschland’, one of the Kriegsmarine’s ‘pocket battleships’ (actually heavy cruisers) and sister ship of the ‘Admiral Graf Spee’. At the outbreak of the war, her name was changed in ‘Lützow’, since Hitler did not want to take the risk of a ship named ‘Deutschland’ being sunk.
Series 2, #8 : Hitler in Mussolini in Santa Marinella, Italy, during military maneuvers.
Series 4, #10 :Hitler watching a military parade in Warsaw, after the conquest of the city (5 october 1939).
Series 4, #9 and Series 5, #4 : Hitler following army maneuvers in Sankt Poelten (1939)
Series 2; #3 : The ‘Reichserntedankefest’ (Reichs Thanksgiving Celebration), in a place named Buckeberg.
The one safety feature that really would encourage safe driving,We have 5 mph bumpers thrown at us that cost more than car to replace in a 6mph hit, airbags that might go off and then again might not and might go off when they shouldn't, and now lane warning alerts if you are talking on your damn cellphone.
When does personal responsibility get into the equation???
You need no spike for that. It suffices to reintroduce the pre-1970 technology of rigid steering columns and wearing no safety belts. On a crash, the driver risked to get impaled on the steering column. It did not make people drive safer.The one safety feature that really would encourage safe driving,
but will never be installed,
would be a sharp spike protruding from the centre of the steering wheel
aiming straight at the driver's chest
(oh, and drivers would be banned from wearing safety belts )
The one safety feature that really would encourage safe driving,
but will never be installed,
would be a sharp spike protruding from the centre of the steering wheel
aiming straight at the driver's chest
(oh, and drivers would be banned from wearing safety belts )
In the US (unlike Europe) the damn cars are so idiot-proofed that the airbags must protect the driver and front passenger even if they aren't wearing seatbelts and in many states will illegal to text -and-drive or use a cellphone when driving it is legal to use a phone's GPS for directions!!!You need no spike for that. It suffices to reintroduce the pre-1970 technology of rigid steering columns and wearing no safety belts. On a crash, the driver risked to get impaled on the steering column. It did not make people drive safer.
A peaceful day in Berlin in 1945 with soldiers of the Red Army behaving like tourists, being photographed at the Siegessäule (Victory Column) in the Großer Stern intersection. Surmounted by a golden winged Victory, this monument to Prussian victories of the nineteenth century was nicknamed 'The Tall Woman' by the Soviet troops. But to Berliners, she is 'Goldelse'.
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