Suzanne Raes

The story of Josef Ganz, the automotive visionary whose designs led to the Volkswagen Beetle and was forced into exile by Hitler's Germany.

Josef Ganz, editor of trade journal Motor-Kritik, amazed Germany by appearing in a revolutionary tiny car in 1932. It was his dream: a people’s car that anyone could afford. The idea made its way to new Chancellor Adolf Hitler. But in Hitler's dream there was no place for Jewish inventor Ganz. This is the story of the man whose designs led to the invention of the Volkswagen Beetle, but who ultimately lost everything. In the film, Ganz's relatives and admirers bring his lost heritage back to life.