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Third Reich Nazi Volkswagen Factory Commemorative Badge 1938

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Third Reich Nazi Volkswagen Factory Commemorative Badge 1938
The Volkswagen project originated under the Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) and its subdivision Kraft durch Freude (KdF – Strength Through Joy).The groundbreaking of the Volkswagenwerk (factory) took place on 26 May 1938, near Fallersleben (now Wolfsburg). The event was a major propaganda spectacle, attended by Adolf Hitler, who ceremonially laid the foundation stone.The Volkswagen (“People’s Car”) was presented as a symbol of social progress, intended to make car ownership accessible to ordinary German workers. In reality, production was delayed until after World War II, when the British military administration revived the project as the Volkswagen Beetle.Badges like this were issued as souvenirs or event pins to attendees and workers, symbolizing pride in German labor and engineering.