HN 2: The British and their Works

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efforts, the "Reichsbahn" (railways) did not provide sufficient trucks. And frequently trucks containing important materials did not make it to Wolfsburg because they were standing for days in the Reichsbahn repair shops. For this reason the Volkswagenwerk had now transferred from rail transport to road. 65 On 6th December 1946 the Board of Control discussed the consequences of the non-receipt of sheet metal supplies. With a monthly production of 1,000 cars, production shutdowns would have been unavoidable in February of the following year. Reluctantly, the board members resolved to suspend manufacture until the New Year, and to start up again in January with 500 cars. This brief shutdown alone resulted in costs of 1,500,000 RM, which further increased because the acute shortage of coal put an end to production before it had really begun. On 6th January 1947 the coal stocks of the Volkswagenwerk had dwindled to 500 tonnes, which would not even meet two days’ energy requirements at the present level of production. New coal for production was not forthcoming. The quantity supplied by the north German coal distribution centre, just under 700 tonnes, was officially designated to be used for upkeep of the factory and securing a minimum of heating and lighting for the town. In some factory halls the temperature had meanwhile sunk to -7° C. From the point of view of the workers’ health, expecting work to continue simply could not be justified. Furthermore, frost was impairing machine capabilities. Some welding machines had already frozen solid. By 10th March 1947, production was finally shut down. 66 ■
Wing Commander Richard H. Berryman, responsible for production matters. 30 31 THE IMPROVED UPSWING
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Page 33 and 34: Final assembly line at the Wolfsbur
Page 35 and 36: On 17 June 1946, chief trustee Dr.
Page 37 and 38: General manager Münch approached t
Page 39 and 40: Under the pressure of the material
Page 41 and 42: Arrival in Wolfsburg of Displaced P
Page 43 and 44: The factory management deliberated
Page 45 and 46: Owing to the chronic lack of living
Page 47 and 48: A lack of supplies meant that the V
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Page 53 and 54: enlistment at a meeting of the prod
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Page 57 and 58: Volkswagenwerk. As required by thes
Page 59 and 60: The service school began running co
Page 61 and 62: The Jeep repair workshop celebrates
Page 63 and 64: In spite of all these difficulties,
Page 65 and 66: corrosion between filler and topcoa
Page 67 and 68: defects. Josef Kales, the head of t
Page 69 and 70: that he had rejected to production,
Page 71 and 72: the adherence to manufacturing tole
Page 73 and 74: The Ministries of Trade and Supply
Page 75 and 76: therefore arose as to whether the t
Page 77 and 78: compared to other manufacturers. Ma
Page 79 and 80: Minutes for the 11th meeting of the
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Supplies of raw materials still det
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The first press conference of the g
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In the upturn after the currency re
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workforce at the Volkswagenwerk inc
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For all its criticism of the bureau
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Colonel Radclyffe signed the takeov
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fident, since "nowadays when people
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40 Notes by Brörmann dated 12 th A
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162 Kales to Münch, 30 th December
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