German Labour Front (DAF)
Working for the DAF, Porsche built a new Volkswagen factory at Fallersleben, at a huge cost partly met by raiding the DAF's accumulated assets and misappropriating the dues paid by DAF members
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Ferdinand Porsche Biography and Timeline
Follow Ferdinand Porsche through 5 dated historical records for Germany.
Ferdinand Porsche, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1939–1939Years on this page
1939
Volkswagen
The DAF and KDF's most ambitious program is the "people's car," the Volkswagen, originally a project undertaken at Hitler's request by Ferdinand Porsche
Volkswagen
The Volkswagen is sold to German workers on an installment plan, the first models appear in February 1939
Volkswagen
When the German car industry is unable to meet Hitler's demand that the Volkswagen be sold at 1,000 Reichsmarks or less, the project is taken over by the DAF
Volkswagen
Working for the DAF, Porsche built a new Volkswagen factory at Fallersleben, at a huge cost partly met by raiding the DAF's accumulated assets and misappropriating the dues paid by DAF members
Records, sources and methodology
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