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Died. 12 April 1968. (1968-04-12) (aged 69) Wolfsburg, West Germany. Known for. Chief of Volkswagen. 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.
- Heinz Heinrich Nordhoff, 6 January 1899, Hildesheim
- Chief of Volkswagen
- 12 April 1968 (aged 69), Wolfsburg
Heinrich Nordhoff. Inducted 1985. 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.”.
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Heinrich Nordhoff, died o Friday, aged 69. Professor Nordhoff. who was president and managin director and also held the title of chairman of the board of management c Volkswagenwerk AG, was vice-president of the VAI, West Germany's autc mobile manufacturing association. Born at Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Heinrich Nordhoff was an engineerin ...
Jan 23, 2022 · BARBARA CANTACUZINO Obituary. CANTACUZINO--Barbara, died on January 1, 2022 at age 89. She was born in Germany in 1932. Her father, Heinrich Nordhoff, was a major architect in Germany's post war ...
The Hitler government needed experts, and Dr. Nordhoff qualified. By 1942, he was director general of the Opel-werke in Brandenburg, then the largest truck factory in Europe. The NYT 's 1968 obituary for Nordhoff also took pains to point out he had never joined the NSDAP and treated his initial blacklisting by the occupation governments as an ...
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. Instead, GM hired him, first as a service manager ...
Jun 25, 2008 · Nordhoff nurtured the Beetle dream using sales tactics he learned at GM. By the end of his first year, VW had 15,000 domestic orders and 7,000 export orders. Production went from 19,000 units a ...
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