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102 Memorandum about meeting on 9 th July 1946 (ibid.); minutes of the 5 th works
committee meeting on 11 th June 1946 (UVW, Z 69, no. 159).
103 Memorandum about meeting on 9 th July 1946; memorandum about meeting on
9 th August 1946 (UVW, Z 69, no. 157).
104 Cf. Richter, Ivan Hirst, p. 68.
105 Memorandum from Münch dated 12 th December 1947 (UVW, Z 61, no. 4001).
106 Cf. Turner, Das Unternehmen, p. 290 f. and Mommsen, Stunde Null, p. 134.
107 Note by Münch, 24 th March 1947 (UVW, Z 69, no. 232).
108 Meeting regarding programme planning on 3 rd June 1947 (ibid.).
109 Social report for chief trustee’s report as at 30 th June 1947 (UVW, Z 69, no. 198).
110 Memorandum about meeting on 16 th June 1947 (UVW, Z 69, no. 204). For the ratio of
productive and unproductive workers at the Volkswagenwerk, cf. Richter,
Die Währungs- und Wirtschaftsreform, p. 230 ff.
111 Münch to factory management, 26 th July 1946 (UVW, Z 61, no. 4001); business review
for the chief trustee’s report for the first half of 1947 (UVW, Z 69, no. 198).
112 Report by Striebig dated 13 th June 1947, regarding the composition of the
Volkswagenwerk workforce (UVW, Z 69, no. 195).
113 Memorandum about meeting on 16 th June 1947 (UVW, Z 69, no. 204).
114 Ibid.; letter to Münch dated 23 rd August 1947 (ibid.); memorandum regarding meeting
with the "Preisbildungsstelle" (pricing authority) from the Ministry of the Interior for
Lower Saxony on 14 th November 1947; Münch to F. T. Neal regarding determination of
car prices, 17 th November 1947 (UVW, Z 61, no. 5009).
115 Memorandum from Hermann Münch dated 12 th December 1947 (UVW, Z 61, no. 4001).
116 Questions to Ivan Hirst, January/February 1996, p. 10 (StadtA WOB, HA).
117 Cf. Riechert, Neubeginn, p. 220 ff.; for the factory representation’s role from a British
point of view, see Mommsen/Grieger, Volkswagenwerk, p. 960 and Turner,
Occupation Policy, p. 386.
118 Richter, Ivan Hirst, p. 44 f.
119 Riechert, Neubeginn, p. 223 ff.
120 Minutes of the works council meetings on 16 th ,18 th and 20 th December 1946
(UVW, Z 61, no. 4002).
121 Until July 1947, the "Wirtschaftsgruppen" (economic groups) had been departments
of the "Allgemeine Gewerkschaft" (General Union). They then became independent
industrial unions and members of the "Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund" (German
Trade Union Federation).
122 Letter to Münch from the personnel department dated 18 th March 1946 regarding
bonuses for manual workers, letter dated 18 th March 1946 from the chief trustee to
the Department of Nutrition for the province of Hanover (UVW, Z 69, no. 139);
minutes of the works meeting on 15 th November 1946 (UVW, Z 61, no. 4002).
123 Report no. 33 dated 5 th January 1948 regarding the study of 773 workers from the
Volkswagenwerk (UVW, Z 119, no. 11).
124 Minutes of the 2 nd general works meeting of the Volkswagenwerk, 28 th November 1947
(ibid.); cf. Riechert, Neubeginn, p. 240.
125 Minutes of meeting called by Münch concerning extension in working hours,
22 nd July 1946 (UVW, Z 69, no. 204); memorandum from Münch dated 5 th July 1946
(UVW, Z 61, no. 4001).
126 Minutes of meeting with Münch on 14 th August 1946 (ibid.).
127 Ibid.
128 Memorandum about meeting on 16 th June 1947 (ibid.).
129 Minutes of the 27 th works council meeting on 16 th July 1946; minutes of the 28 th works
council meeting on 24 th July 1946; minutes of the 37 th works council meeting on
25 th September 1946 (UVW, Z 61, no. 4002).
130 Cf. Turner, Occupation Policy, p. 395 f. and Mommsen/Grieger: Volkswagenwerk,
p. 960.
131 Memorandum from Münch dated 17 th December 1947, regarding his call to Mr Hesse,
Münch to F. T. Neal, 9 th May 1947 (UVW, Z 69, no. 232); Münch to Hirst,
17 th December 1947 (UVW, Z 69, no. 222).
132 Minutes of the 29 th works council meeting on 31 st July 1946; minutes of the 37 th works
council meeting on 25 th September 1946 (UVW, Z 61, no. 4002); memorandum from
Münch dated 5 th July 1946 (UVW, Z 61, no. 4001).
133 See Riechert, Neubeginn, p. 235 f.
134 Mommsen/Grieger, Volkswagenwerk, p. 960 f.; the "10 principles" are published in
Turner, Occupation Policy, p. 397.
135 Minutes of meeting on 10 th May 1947 regarding signature of the company agreement
(UVW, Z 69, no. 232).
136 Minutes of meeting regarding the appointment of a Director of Human Resources,
18 th December 1947 (UVW, Z 98, no. 11); interview with Ivan Hirst, 21 st -23 rd October 1997,
p. 82 (UVW, Z 300, no. 33).
137 Minutes of the works meeting on 1 st October 1949 (UVW, Z 98, no. 5); for Nordhoff’s
attitude regarding the appointment of a Director of Human Resources, see Turner,
Occupation Policy, p. 403.
138 Richter, Die Währungs- und Wirtschaftsreform, p. 234; minutes of the 28 th meeting of
the Volkswagenwerk GmbH Board of Control, 26 th October 1948 (Public Record Office
FO 1036, no. 457); minutes of the works meeting on 9 th March 1949 and enclosure
(UVW, Z 98, no. 5).
139 Riechert, Neubeginn, p. 199 ff.; Tolliday, Volkswagen, p. 316 ff
140 Riechert, Neubeginn, p. 172 f., 196 f., 229 f.
141 Memorandum about meeting on 16 th June 1947 (UVW, Z 69, no. 204).
142 Sales and service department report for the 1946 financial year (UVW, Z 69, no. 198);
interview with Ivan Hirst, 21 st -23 rd October 1997, p. 145 (UVW, Z 300, no. 33).
143 Memorandum from Münch dated 30 th June 1946 (UVW, Z 69, no. 198).
144 Proposal for an external service department [probably July 1946] (UVW, Z 69, no. 217).
145 Sales and service department report for the 1946 financial year (UVW, Z 69, no. 198).
146 Frank to Schultz regarding inspection of his workshop, 5 th May 1947; inspection report
dated 27 th May 1947 (UVW, Z 120, no. 4/1).
147 Directors’ meeting on 12 th June 1947 (UVW, Z 69, no. 232).
148 Sales and service department report for the 1946 financial year; sales department
activity report for 1946 (UVW, Z 69, no. 198); Münch to Kemmler, 19 th September 1946
(UVW, Z 61, no. 4001).
149 Sales and service department report for the 1946 financial year; summary dated
8 th August 1947 of the sales and service department’s contribution to the trustees’
report according to a letter dated 5 th July 1947 (UVW, Z 69, no. 198); trustees’ report to
31 st December 1947 (UVW, Z 69, no. 196); the biographical information about Schulz is
taken from the "interview with Major Hirst on 26 th /27 th April 1971" (UVW, Z 69, no. 167).
150 Münch to Steinmeier, 26 th February 1947 (UVW, Z 69, no. 196); Hirst to Feuereissen,
5 th December 1947 (UVW, Z 69, no. 222).
151 Münch to Hirst, 21 st October 1946 (UVW, Z 69, no. 150); business review for the chief
trustee’s report for the first half of 1947 (UVW, Z 69, no. 198).
152 Memorandum about meeting with Daimler-Benz AG on 18 th May 1947
(UVW, Z 69, no. 204).
153 Hirst to the Directeur du Service du Material des Troupes d’Occupation, 12 th January
1948; Commandement en Chef Francais en Allemagne to Control Commission for
Germany, Wolfsburg Motor Works, 19 th February 1948 (UVW, Z 69, no. 201).
154 Cf. Turner, Das Unternehmen, p. 296.
155 Quoted from Tolliday, Volkswagen, p. 291.
156 Service bulletin no. 13/4 (UVW, Z 69, no. 217); chief trustee’s report to
31 st December 1947 (UVW, Z 69, no. 196).
157 Findings report concerning consignment of new vehicles, 5 th December 1946;
Martens to Münch, 4 th February 1947 (UVW, Z 69, no. 149)
158 Report for June 1947 (UVW, Z 69, no. 149); service department to Münch,
8 th October 1947 (UVW, Z 69, no. 196).
159 Memorandum from Pachaly dated 30 th January 1948 (UVW, Z 591, no. 2).
160 Sales department reports for March and May 1947 (UVW, Z 69, no. 149);
meeting concerning the production of 2500 cars per month (UVW, Z 69, no. 150).
161 Cf. Richter, Ivan Hirst, p. 66.