Volkswagen began selling the car in 1938 as the KdF (Kraft durch Freude) Wagen, but when war broke out the following year, production halted.

Initially called the “ Kraft durch Freude ” (“Strength Through Joy”) or “KdF” car, the vehicle was a rolling advertisement for Hitler’s campaign of the same name, which provided ...

“Very aware of the history of the ‘Kraft durch Freude’ beginnings of the original beetle. VW was able to move away from that and become the ‘peoples car’ (Volk+Wagen).

During this period, Volkswagen's early advertisements were aligned with the mission of ‘Kraft Durch Freude,' which translates to ‘strength through joy.' These ads depicted peaceful individuals ...

They even wanted to regulate workers’ leisure time, through the Italian Dopolavoro and the Nazi Kraft durch Freude organizations. The idea was to fight socialism with national socialism.

Almost everybody in Wolfsburg in northern Germany works for VW or their business depends on the company. Now, as the car giant considers cuts, an entire city is afraid of its downfall.

SIOUX FALLS S.D. (KELO) — The National Football League has allowed the flag of a South Dakota Tribe to be displayed on one players helmet.

ALBAWABA - With some social media users claiming that Kamala Harris used the Nazi slogan "Strength Through Joy" (Kraft durch Freude in German) during her campaign, news agency Reuters slammed the ...

In 1933, Nazi Germany rolled out something called Kraft Durch Freude, or in English, Strength Through Joy. The idea being that your source of joy was to be given to you from your Fascist government.

What you see below is a leaflet the British dropped over Germany in 1943, when the tide of war had turned. Kraft durch Freude means “Strength through Joy." It was a slogan used by the Nazi-run ...

In fact, the Nazi regime made huge coordinated efforts on this sort of “genocide tourism,” including through government promotional initiatives like “Strength Through Joy” (Kraft durch ...