Audi symbol related to Olympic rings via Nazism (National Socialist German Workers Party)
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to the Audi symbol. It influenced the Audi symbol and is related to
other symbolism under the National Socialist German Workers Party.
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They Olympic ring symbol was originally designed in 1912 by Baron
Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games.
In his article published in the "Olympic Revue" the official magazine
of the International Olympic Committee in November 1992, the American
historian Robert Barney explains that the idea of the interlaced rings
came to Pierre de Coubertin when he was in charge of the USFSA, an
association founded by the union of two French sports associations and
until 1925, responsible for representing the International Olympic
Committee in France: The emblem of the union was two interlaced rings
(like the vesica piscis typical interlaced marriage rings) and
originally the idea of Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung because for him
the ring meant continuity and the human being.
According to De Coubertin the different ring colors with the white
background stand for those colors that appeared on all the national
flags of the world at that time.
The 1914 Congress had to be suspended due to the outbreak of World War
I, but the symbol (and flag) were later adopted. They would first
officially debut at the VIIth Olympiad in Antwerp, Belgium in 1920.
The symbol's popularity and widespread use began during the lead-up to
the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin under the National Socialist German
Workers Party. The rings would subsequently be featured prominently in
German National Socialist (Nazi) images in 1936 as part of an effort
to glorify the union of socialists and socialist groups under Adoph
Hitler, and is related to the joined rings for Audi cars and to the
use of the swastika which, although an ancient symbol, was used to
reperesent joined S-letters for "socialism" under the National
Socialist German Workers Party, as shown by the symbologist Dr. Rex
Curry (author of "Swastika Secrets"). http://rexcurry.net/swastika-audi-logo.JPG
The Olympic ring symbol was used to promote Leni Riefenstahl's Olympic
work, including the movie "Olympia." http://rexcurry.net/olympic-rings-symbol-audi.jpg
The official Olympic salute originated in the USA's Pledge of
Allegiance, which used a stiff-armed salute, and was also the origin
of the gesture adopted later under German National Socialism.
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Francis Bellamy (author of the Pledge) was cousin and cohort of Edward
Bellamy and they were both national socialists in the United States
long before their dogma spread to Germany and worldwide. The Bellamys
and socialist schools in the United States influenced German National
Socialism, its dogma, symbols and rituals.
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In 1932, Audi, Horch, Wanderer and DKW combined to form the Auto Union (AU). They adopted four rings as their logo, one for each of the founder companies. The marques were originally all based in Saxony – Audi and Horch in Zwickau, Wanderer in Chemnitz-Siegmar and DKW in Zschopau.
Adolf Hitler was aided by German unions of auto workers (compare that with how American auto workers in their unions have aided national socialist policies in the USA, including those of Barack Obama, and the unions were repaid with General Motors -Government Motors- and as the Europeans chewed up the GM European division). The Audi rings were joined in a union to glorify the union of socialists in Germany under Hitler.
During German National Socialism, the race track in Saxony developed its stylized "S" letter for "Sachsenring" that imitates the swastika's "S" for "socialism." It led to similar swastika-style symbolism that the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics used for its Sachsenring Trabant logo. http://rexcurry.net/trabant-sachsenring-rex-curry.html
Together the four Audi companies could cover the whole motor-vehicle market from motorbikes to luxury cars. Audi concentrated on the sports side, Horch on producing luxury vehicles, Wanderer (whose auto division had been bought in a hostile take over) on small to medium cars, and DKW on small cars. DKW was the main brand, producing around 80% of the conglomerate's cars, and only narrowly being beaten by VW (Volkswagen) to producing Hitler's 'people's car'. The acronym "DKW" originated from "Dampf Kraft Wagen" (steam-driven wagon).
This 4-circle badge was used, originally, only on Auto Union racing cars in that period while the member companies used their own names and emblems. Often, the 4 circles contain the original symbols of Audi, Horch, Wanderer, and DKW. Wanderer used a wide winged "W" letter; Horch used a large "H" letter; DKW used the letters "DKW"; Audi used an inverted triangle and the number "1."
The leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party had determined to make German automobiles into world leaders, in order to promote his socialism. Hitler regarded racing as an integral part of this, and consequently 500,000 Reichmarks in government subsidies were pledged to make Mercedes the leading race team in the world - Hitler was a fan of Mercedes. AU sent a senior delegation to Hitler and persuaded him that having two competing racing programs would be better than one. He agreed to split the government money between Mercedes and AU. Although AU earned themselves the enmity of Mercedes, an enemy they could never hope to match in terms of size, they also won themselves an opportunity to make their name in the racing world.
Ferdinand Porsche had already done some work for Wanderer, before setting up his own consultancy in the wake of the Government-created depression and crash of 1929. Porsche had a car design, but no customers for it. AU signed him up.
Audi still uses the German tag line "Vorsprung durch Technik." The tag line is used either in original or in its English translation "Advantage through Technology." It is an odd reminder of socialist clichés from the 1930's such as "Kraft durch Freude" ("Strength through Joy" and "Kdf"); Schönheit der Arbeit ("Beauty of Labor"); "Arbeit macht frei" ("Work brings Freedom"). The "Strength through Joy" program was part of a scheme to provide holidays to workers at inexpensive rates, and was related to the "Beauty of Labor" office. When the early VW versions were introduced, Hitler abruptly changed the name of the car to KdF Wagen. The word "Volkswagen" itself meant "people's car" (cf. "folk's wagon"). Near the end of World War II many men, both young and old, were called upon to serve in the "People's Army " (Volksturm).