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- Heinz Heinrich Nordhoff (6 January 1899 – 12 April 1968) was a German engineer who led the rebuilding of Volkswagen (VW) after World War II. He was featured on the cover of Time magazine on Feb. 15, 1954.
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Heinz Heinrich Nordhoff (6 January 1899 – 12 April 1968) was a German engineer who led the rebuilding of Volkswagen (VW) after World War II. He was featured on the cover of Time magazine on Feb. 15, 1954.
Sep 23, 2018 · Heinrich Nordhoff, born in 1899, first gained notice at BMW, where he worked in the design department making technical drawings of its then-core production, aircraft engines. According to some accounts, he nearly moved to the United States during the 1920s to become an engine designer for Nash.
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1899 - 1968. Heinz Heinrich Nordhoff orchestrated the post-World War II revitalization of Volkswagen, which played a major role in Germany’s economic recovery. Emphasizing service first, sales second, he created a world market and helped restore pride in the phrase “Made in Germany.”.
Jun 25, 2008 · Heinz Nordhoff grew up an adventurous boy in turn-of-the-century century Hildesheim, Germany. As a mechanical engineering student, he was interested in building ships. But when he failed to...
Dec 2, 2002 · EUROPEAN AUTOMOTIVE HALL OF FAME: Heinz Nordhoff (1899-1968): The savior of Volkswagen. Wim Oude Weernink. Except for maybe Henry Ford and the Model T, no person has ever been more closely...
Born at Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Heinrich Nordhoff was an engineerin graduate who worked with BMW and Opel in pre-war years and becam director-general of the biggest truck factory in Europe, the Opel Worl, at Bradenburg, in 1942.
Volkswagen's massive contribution to the postwar economic recovery that West Germans refer to as the Wirtschaftswunder was almost exclusively the work of Heinz Nordhoff, a courtly engineer...
