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World Service,22 Jul 1999,4 mins

The People's Car, the VW Beetle

My Century

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Ivan Hirst tells the story of the Volkswagen Beetle, rediscovered in the ruins of a munitions factory in Germany at the end of World War II. Realising the potential of the car as a means of transport for allied forces in Germany, it was put back into production.

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