which had been purpose-built for the factory workers. This factory had only produced a handful of cars by the time war started in 1939. None were actually delivered to any holder of the completed saving stamp books, though one Type 1 Cabriolet was presented to Hitler on 20 April 1944, his 55th birthday.

1939-1944: Wartime production and Nazi concentration camp labour

World War II shifted the company's priorities to military vehiclesthe Type 82 Kübelwagen utility vehicle

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