A History Lesson.

[james accordino]

--- Ed Birch <edwbirch at comcast.net> wrote:
> Iain wrote.........
> >choice. Either make cheap russian cars or pack up,
> the packed up wound the
> >company up and started again in west germany<
>
>  Ah not quite so easy to go, said the Russian to the
> Grasshopper!!   From
> the
> Audi-History site....
> "On the orders of the Soviet military administration
> in Germany, the Saxon
> plants of Auto Union were dismantled in 1945 as
> reparations. Following this,
> the company's entire assets were expropriated
> without compensation. On 17
> August 1948 Auto Union AG of Chemnitz was deleted
> from the Commercial
> Register."     Expropriated meant, dismantled,
> packed, trucked to the rail
> yard, put on flat bed and shipped to the Soviet
> Union. In addition, the Audi
> factories at Zwickau, Spandau and Chemnitz were
> turned to rubble.

I wonder how much "we" had a hand in this? I know we
bombed the crap out of Zwickau and Chemnitz.


>
>  >Ingolstadt was they had existing parts warehouses
> there which they
> > converted into car manufacturing plants, and the
> rest is history........<<
>
>  Yes Ingolstadt was the new Audi production location
> AFTER Audi received
> generous monies from the Bavarian government and the
> Marshal Plan (Truman).

Some government money well spent.  IMHO.

>  Yet with all the German automobile, truck and
> motorcycle production taken
> by
> the Soviet Union, the Russians are still unable to
> build a decent motor
> vehicle.

Still.  To this date.  Or tractors, or diesel engines.
 Or ball bearings.  Hmm?

>  Ed Birch, KOP
> 93-100S
> '02 BMW K1200RS
> 77 R-75/7
>
>
>
>


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