What dictator was involved in the creation of the vw beetle?

Answer 1

Hitler asked Dr. Ferdinand Porsche to design a car the working man could afford. Among the things he told Porsche was, make the car aerodynamic like a beetle. He also wanted the car to be priced at 1000 Marks, and to be sold through the Nazis' recreation organization "Kraft durch Freude." (in English, it means "Strength through Joy.") The car was to be called the KdF-wagen. So the working man could actually buy these cars, Hitler ordered a savings plan be developed. If you joined the plan, you received a "KdF-sparbuch" or "KdF savings book." It had places for 1000 stamps, each of which cost one Mark. If you were able to fill up the book, you could redeem it for a car.

In reality, the KdF-wagen never was made because the factory they were going to make it in was used instead to make military vehicles. Lots of Germans bought KdF-sparbuchen, and after the war when the Volkswagenwerk AG started making cars, they accepted the stamps in KdF-sparbuchs at face value--if your book had 650 stamps in it, they discounted your car by 650 Deutschmarks.