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Doctor Ferdinand Porsche (in suit), Adolf Hitler and, immediately on Hitler’s left, the head of the DAF (Deutsche Arbeitsfront/German Labour Front), Doctor Robert Ley, admiring Hitler’s birthday gift on his 50th birthday: a convertible Volkswagen, 20.4.1939. Note the Berlin number plate (1A)

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Without doubt Friedrich Wilhelm Kraemer (1907-90) was one of postwar Germany's most successful architects: his office Kraemer, Sieverts & Pfenning (later Kraemer, Sieverts & Partner) for almost four decades decidedly influenced the architecture of the Federal Republic with high-profile buildings like the Jahrhunderthalle in Frankfurt/Main, numerous bank and insurance buildings as well as other industrial and cultural buildings. Influenced by prewar International Style and the example of Mies van der Rohe Kraemer gave the young German democracy an international  Concurrently Kraemer as professor at Technical University Braunschweig together with fellow with fellow professors Walter Henn and Dieter Oesterlen established what came to be coined “Braunschweiger Schule”. 

Over time Kraemer idiom changed quite significantly and in later years became much more sculptural and brutalist, an indication of his moving with the times. In 2007 the publication "Gesetz und Freiheit - Der Architekt Friedrich Wilhelm Kraemer" was published by Jovis Verlag alongside the eponymous exhibition at Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum and documents Kraemer's built and theoretical work as well as his teaching. Beyond topics like Kraemer’s early postwar educational journey to Chicago with students of TU Braunschweig the authors also don’t omit Kraemer’s high ranking position during the Nazi era: Kraemer served as architect of trust for the “Deutsche Arbeitsfront”, the German Labour Front, the regime’s single most largest organization, and in this capacity built for industrial enterprises and arms factories. Among these buildings also were forced labour camps. 

Through its broad approach the book provides interesting insights into the life and work of a very busy postwar architect: his design process, his influence as professor and his long-term relationship with architectural photographer Heinrich Heidersberger are equally addressed and draw a comprehensive picture of Kraemer the architect and human being.

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"Canada entered the war with little military preparation, and with no external  intelligence capacity. British intelligence provided the sole source of intelligence to  Canada. Internally, defending Canada throughout the war meant assigning a  considerable number of troops, including conscripts, to guarding bridges, ports, dams, and the like.

Guarding from what? Possible enemy attacks, but there were none other than a few penetrations of German submarines into the St. Lawrence, and one harmless, Japanese flurry near Esquimault, B.C.

Guarding installations from sabotage? Yes, but in spite of the considerable discourse this possibility engendered in the early years of the war, in fact, there were never any incidents of sabotage throughout the war on Canada’s soil or waters, or in its airspace. Canada was safe, far away from theatres of war.

In fact, the obsession with protecting internal installations had mostly propaganda value, for the  real aim behind the announced defence of Canada was protecting Canada’s social order from labour agitators, as they were called, particularly those of the communist persuasion. This was a continuation of state policy from World War I and the inter-war period. In spite of the obvious peril presented by the significant fascist and pro-Nazi  element in Canada, the RCMP was fixated on the Red Peril, a fixation which led to the  internment of the communists and sympathizers.

Moreover, the Canadian state expended enormous energy jailing people in Canada during World War II. There were 34,000  German, Italian, and enemy, civilian prisoners-of-war held in Canada, including prisoners that the British had taken but asked Canada to guard, given Canadian distance from the theatres of war. Britain had sent another 5,400 plus enemy civilians to Canada to be  detained, including many of whom were Jewish or leftist refugees from rightist states in  Europe. Then, there were the enemy alien internees within Canada: 847 Germans, 632 Italians, and 782 Japanese, beyond the 22,000 plus Japanese evacuees from B.C..

At the same time, in spite of the considerable quantity of home-grown fascists in Canada, only 27 followers of Adrien Arcand, and Camillien Houde, the Conservative mayor of Montreal associated with Italian fascists, were interned while there were many more fascists floating about Canada unimpeded. Even getting the RCMP to move vis-à-vis the rightists operating in Canada required sustained effort from high-ranking public servants. 

When the RCMP did move against German and Italian operators, it did so with overkill, interning mostly innocent Germans, Italians and Japanese. Writing about the internment of the Italians, one writer says that the Canadian state behaved during World War II like a police state, rather than one governed by laws. The Canadian state took to heart literally the words in the national anthem about standing on guard.

Nevertheless, government policy makers made much of the idea that most Germans and Italians in Canada were quite innocent. For one thing, they were generally not on the left of the political spectrum. Furthermore, there were 600,000 Germans in Canada, and they had political clout. German-Canadians were mostly assimilated and/or naturalized, while few were recent immigrants with direct knowledge of Hitler’s regime. There were about 3,000 members in three pro-Nazi organizations: the Nationalist Socialist Workers Party, the Deutsche Arbeitsfront, and the Deutscher Bund. Among the 110,000 Italians in Canada, most were considered to have joined fascist organizations for social  purposes, and were judged to present no political or security risks.

Of course, this was not the estimate held of the Japanese. If the policy towards Germans and Italians was perceived internally as liberal, the hundreds of pointless arrests of these people leave one wondering what would have been an ílliberal policy. Would it have led to mass evacuations as it did in the case of the Japanese, against whom government planners displayed flagrant paranoia and racism?"

- Michael Martin, The Red Patch: Political Imprisonment in Hull, Quebec during World War 2. Self-published, 2007. p. 62-64

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Urania

Die im Krieg zerstörte Urania

Am 12. März 1938 erfolgte der Anschluss Österreichs. Noch am gleichen Tag trat der Präsident der Urania, Universitätsprofessor Arnold Durig von seiner Funktion zurück; in den folgenden Wochen wurden alle Angestellten der Urania, die nicht dem Nationalsozialismus nahestanden, entfernt.

Die Urania verlor ihre Unabhängigkeit und wurde in die „ostmärkische Erwachsenenbildung“ eingegliedert, wobei die Urania zu deren Sitz bestimmt wurde. Juristisch gesehen wurde die Urania ein Bestandteil des Deutschen Volksbildungswerks der NS-Gemeinschaft "Kraft durch Freude", das wiederum eine Unterorganisation der Deutschen Arbeitsfront war.

Mit dem Winterhalbjahr 1938/39 wurde das Kursprogramm völlig umgestellt. Die Programmschwerpunkte waren u. a. Deutsches Schicksal in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart, Gesundes Volk, Deutsche Kultur und deutsches Geistesleben, Die Welt der Arbeit, sowie Die Welt der Natur. Daneben wurden auch Fremdsprachenkurse abgehalten sowie die Vorträge Laienschaffen und Frauenkurs.

Kriegsbedingt wurde die Vortragstätigkeit von Jahr zu Jahr geringer; 1941 wurde der Betrieb der Sternwarte eingestellt. Gab es anfangs noch patriotische Vorträge wie Die deutsche Luftwaffe – Garantin der Erfolge oder Mussolini rettet Italien, so wurde das Programm gegen Ende des Krieges zunehmend weniger militärisch; die Kriegsberichte stießen auf immer weniger Interesse. Schließlich fanden nur mehr 70 bis 80 Kurse pro Jahr statt.

Am 5. November 1944 wurde das Urania-Gebäude bei einem Luftangriff von mehreren Bomben getroffen. Dabei wurden die Kuppel zerstört und alle astronomischen Instrumente und die Uhrenanlage. Nach dem Ende der Schlacht um Wien wurde die Ruine von den siegreichen Truppen der Roten Armee als Pferdestall benutzt.

Ende April 1945 begannen die Aufräumungs- und Bergungsarbeiten. Am 26. Juni 1945 wurde im wiederhergestellten Mittleren Saal erstmals wieder ein Film gezeigt. Die Bevölkerung war dankbar für das subjektive Gefühl, wieder zur Normalität zurückkehren zu können, und der erste Film (Toomai, der Elefantenboy) lockte in drei Wochen Laufzeit 6.500 Besucher an. Ab Oktober wurden wieder Lichtbildvorträge abgehalten und für die Kinder wurden Märchenvorlesungen organisiert.

Nach der Instandsetzung des Daches wurde am 1. September 1946 der Große Saal in Anwesenheit von Bürgermeister Körner wiedereröffnet.

Die Kosten für den Wiederaufbau 1945–1956 hatten 2,4 Millionen Schilling betragen.

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Could 28, 2023: at the moment's almanac: births, deaths and saint of the day

It occurred at the moment On Could 28, 1937, in Berlin, the Deutsche Arbeitsfront – “German Labor Entrance”, the one Nazi commerce union – based a brand new vehicle firm, the long run Volkswagen. The purpose was to construct a “individuals’s automobile” (this implies “Volkswagen”), economical and strong. The primary mannequin was initially referred to as KdF-Wagen, however would turn into…

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Nazi rally in Buenos Aires (April 10th, 1938).

Before WW2, Argentina had a strong, well-organized Nazi demographic that was controlled by the German ambassador Edmund von Thermann.  In 1938, a “Day of Unity” rally was held at Estadio Luna Park to celebrate the Austrian Anschlüss.

According to U.S. Vice-Consul W. F. Busser, about 20,000 people attended the rally.  He reported that it had all the trappings of the Berlin Sportpalast rallies – massed choruses of Deutschland über Alles and Horst-Wessel-Lied (the Nazi party anthem); Hitler Youth, Frontline Veterans and the SA with their tossing standards; and a high podium with Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer in huge Gothic letters on an blood-red background.

The Alianza de la Juventad Nacionalista (the Argentinian fascist youth movement) attended in their grey shirts (shown in the fourth photo) and Nazi stormtroopers (the SA) ringed the entire auditorium (shown in the fifth photo).  Busser reported that the stormtroopers were of two types: “thick-necked and square-headed with well-filled paunches, or thin, pasty-faced, but terribly earnest...they must have been mostly waiters or poorly paid clerks.”

Von Thermann was in Germany, so the Chargé d'Affaires Erich Otto Meynen was there in his place.  Also attending were the Austrian consul Richard Staudt, a wealthy German-Argentine businessman who later distanced himself from the Third Reich; and Dr. Ott, a Reichsredner (political speaker) sent by Germany, who gave “an almost perfect imitation of Hitler”.  Busser also stated that “the speeches were exercises in mass hypnosis.”  (However, it is not certain how much German Busser could understand.)

The Federación Universitaria Argentina and socialist youth groups held a counter-demonstration in the nearby Plaza San Martín, although they had been forbidden from doing so.  The demonstration spilled over into nearby streets.  German flags were burned, German banks and the Instituto Cultural German-Argentino were stoned, and two elderly bystanders were trampled to death by police horses.  The interim Chancellor of the Foreign Ministry, Manuel Alvarado, apologized publicly to the Chargé d'Affaires two days later, criticizing a “certain press” offensive to German nationality that failed to take into account “the cordial relations between the two nations”.

The swastika-in-a-gear symbol was the badge of the Deutsche Arbeitsfront (German Labour Front), the Nazi trade union association that replaced the various trade unions of the Weimar Republic after the Nazis gained power.  The banners read: Wir wollen den Frieden (We want the Peace), and Jeder arbeitende Deutsche gehört in die Deutsche Arbeiterfront (Every Working German Belongs in the German Labour Front).

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A unit of the DAF (Deutsche Arbeitsfront, or German Labor Service) marches with shovels on the Zeppelinfeld during a rally at the 1937 Reichsparteitag (Reich Party Day) in Nuremberg. [1800 x 1199] Check this blog!

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• MV Wilhelm Guftloff

MV Wilhelm Gustloff was a German armed military transport ship which was sunk in January 1945 by Soviet submarine S-13 in the Baltic Sea while evacuating German civilian refugees from East Prussia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland and Estonia.

Wilhelm Gustloff was constructed by the Blohm & Voss shipyards. Measuring 208.5 m (684 ft 1 in) long by 23.59 m (77 ft 5 in) wide, with a capacity of 25,484 gross register tons (GRT), she was launched on May 5th, 1937. The ship was originally intended to be named Adolf Hitler but instead was christened after Wilhelm Gustloff, leader of the National Socialist Party's Swiss branch, who had been assassinated by a Jewish medical student in 1936. Hitler decided on the name change after sitting next to Gustloff's widow during his memorial service. After completing sea trials in the North Sea from March 15th to 16th, 1938 she was handed over to her owners. Wilhelm Gustloff was the first purpose-built cruise ship for the German Labour Front (Deutsche Arbeitsfront, DAF) and used by subsidiary organisation Kraft durch Freude (KdF) (Strength Through Joy). Her purposes were to provide recreational and cultural activities for German functionaries and workers, including concerts, cruises, and other holiday trips, and to serve as a public relations tool, to present "a more acceptable image of the Third Reich". She made her unofficial maiden voyage between the 24th and 27th of March 1938, carrying Austrians in an attempt to convince them to vote for the annexation of Austria by Germany. On March 29th, 1938 she departed on her second voyage carrying workers and their families from the Blohm & Voss shipyard on a three-day cruise. On April 8th, 1938 Wilhelm Gustloff under the command of Captain Carl Lübbe departed Hamburg for England where she anchored over three miles offshore of Tilbury so as to remain in international waters. This allowed her to act as a floating polling station for German and Austrian citizens living in England who wished to vote on the approaching plebiscite on Anschluss (Union of Austria with Germany).

After undertaking a further voyage on April 14th to 19th, 1938, she went on an Osterfahrt (Easter Voyage) before her actual official maiden voyage, which was undertaken between April 26th to May 6th, 1938 when she joined Der Deutsche, Oceania and Sierra Cordoba on a group cruise to the Madeira Islands. Between May 20th, to June 2nd, 1939, she was diverted from her pleasure cruises. With seven other ships in the KdF fleet, she transported the Condor Legion back from Spain following the victory of the Nationalist forces under General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War. From March 1938 until August 1939, Wilhelm Gustloff took over 80,000 passengers on a total of 60 voyages, all around Europe. From September 1939 to November 1940, she served as a hospital ship, officially designated Lazarettschiff D. Beginning on November 20th, 1940, the medical equipment was removed from the ship, and she was repainted from the hospital ship colours of white with a green stripe to standard naval grey. As a consequence of the Allied blockade of the German coastline, she was used as an accommodations ship (barracks) for approximately 1,000 U-boat trainees of the 2nd Submarine Training Division (2. Unterseeboot-Lehrdivision) in the port of Gdynia, which had been occupied by Germany and renamed Gotenhafen, located near Danzig (Gdańsk). Wilhelm Gustloff sat in dock there for over four years. In 1942, SS Cap Arcona was used as a stand-in for RMS Titanic in the German film version of the disaster. Filmed in Gotenhafen, the 2nd Submarine Training Division acted as extras in the movie. Eventually she was put back into service to transport civilians and military personnel as part of Operation Hannibal.

Operation Hannibal was the naval evacuation of German troops and civilians as the Red Army advanced. Wilhelm Gustloff's final voyage was to evacuate German refugees, military personnel, and technicians from Courland, East Prussia, and Danzig-West Prussia. Many had worked at advanced weapon bases in the Baltic from Gdynia/Gotenhafen to Kiel. The ship's complement and passenger lists cited 6,050 people on board, but these did not include many civilians who boarded the ship without being recorded in the official embarkation records. A German archivist and Gustloff survivor who extensively researched the sinking during the, concluded that Wilhelm Gustloff was carrying a crew of 173 (naval armed forces auxiliaries), 918 officers, NCOs, and men of the 2 Unterseeboot-Lehrdivision, 373 female naval auxiliary helpers, 162 wounded soldiers, and 8,956 civilians, for a total of 10,582 passengers and crew. The passengers, besides civilians, included Gestapo personnel, members of the Organisation Todt, and Nazi officials with their families. The ship was overcrowded, and due to the temperature and humidity inside, many passengers defied orders not to remove their life jackets. The ship left Danzig (Gdańsk) at 12:30 pm on January 30th, 1945, accompanied by the passenger liner Hansa, also filled with civilians and military personnel, and two torpedo boats. Hansa and one torpedo boat developed mechanical problems and could not continue, leaving Wilhelm Gustloff with one torpedo boat escort, Löwe.

Against the advice of the military commander, Lieutenant Commander Wilhelm Zahn (a submariner who argued for a course in shallow waters close to shore and without lights), Wilhelm Gustloff's captain Friedrich Petersen decided to head for deep water which was known to have been cleared of mines. When he was informed by a mysterious radio message of an oncoming German minesweeper convoy, he decided to activate his ship's red and green navigation lights so as to avoid a collision in the dark, making Wilhelm Gustloff easy to spot in the night. As Wilhelm Gustloff had been fitted with anti-aircraft guns, and the Germans did not mark her as a hospital ship, no notification of her operating in a hospital capacity had been given and, as she was transporting military personnel, she did not have any protection as a hospital ship under international accords. The ship was soon sighted by the Soviet submarine S-13, under the command of Captain Alexander Marinesko. The submarine sensor on board the escorting torpedo boat had frozen, rendering it inoperable, as had Wilhelm Gustloff's anti-aircraft guns, leaving the vessels defenseless. Marinesko followed the ships to their starboard (seaward) side for two hours before making a daring move to surface his submarine and steer it around Wilhelm Gustloff's stern, to attack it from the port side closer to shore, from whence the attack would be less expected. At around 9 pm (CET), Marinesko ordered his crew to launch four torpedoes at Wilhelm Gustloff's port side. The three torpedoes which were fired successfully all struck Wilhelm Gustloff on her port side. The first torpedo struck Wilhelm Gustloff's bow, causing the watertight doors to seal off the area which contained quarters where off-duty crew members were sleeping. The second torpedo hit the accommodations for the women's naval auxiliary, located in the ship's drained swimming pool, dislodging the pool tiles at high velocity, which caused heavy casualties; only three of the 373 quartered there survived. The third torpedo was a direct hit on the engine room located amidships, disabling all power and communications.

Reportedly, only nine lifeboats were able to be lowered; the rest had frozen in their davits and had to be broken free. About 20 minutes after the torpedoes' impact, Wilhelm Gustloff listed dramatically to port, so that the lifeboats lowered on the high starboard side crashed into the ship's tilting side, destroying many lifeboats and spilling their occupants across the ship's side. The water temperature in the Baltic Sea at that time of year is usually around 4 °C (39 °F); however, this was a particularly cold night, with an air temperature of −18 to −10 °C (0 to 14 °F) and ice floes covering the surface. Many deaths were caused either directly by the torpedoes or by drowning in the onrushing water. Others were crushed in the initial stampede caused by panicked passengers on the stairs and decks. Many others jumped into the icy Baltic. The majority of those who perished succumbed to exposure in the freezing water. Less than 40 minutes after being struck, Wilhelm Gustloff was lying on her side. She sank bow-first 10 minutes later, in 44 m (144 ft) of water. German forces were able to rescue 1252 of the survivors from the attack, figures from research make the loss in the sinking to be "9,343 men, women and children". Many ships carrying civilians were sunk during the war by both the Allies and Axis Powers. However, based on the latest estimates of passenger numbers and those known to be saved, Wilhelm Gustloff remains by far the largest loss of life resulting from the sinking of one vessel in maritime history. About 1,000 German naval officers and men were aboard during, and died in, the sinking of Wilhelm Gustloff. The women on board the ship at the time of the sinking were inaccurately described by Soviet propaganda as "SS personnel from the German concentration camps". Before sinking Wilhelm Gustloff, Alexander Marinesko was facing a court martial due to his problems with alcohol and for being caught in a brothel while he and his crew were off duty, so Marinesko was thus deemed "not suitable to be a hero" for his actions. Therefore, instead of gaining the title Hero of the Soviet Union, he was awarded the lesser Order of the Red Banner.

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Amúgy most éppen ezt olvasom, a napi Trianon & Holocaust fájdalmam enyhítésére. És ÉRDEMES VOLT belekezdeni:

A Volksbund vezetője, Franz Basch a nyilvánosság előtt ugyan sokszor átvett bizonyos náci propagandakliséket, de nem volt nemzetiszocialista, amit az is bizonyít, hogy szabotálni tudta a Berlinből követelt népcsoportadót, a német földek külön telekkönyvezését, a Deutsche Arbeitsfront megszervezését és a horogkeresztes karszalag viselését (és mellesleg egy zsidó nővel tartott fenn élettársi kapcsolatot)

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Pre-election rally in Hamburg, 1932, organised by the NSBO (Nationalsozialistische Betriebszellenorganisation/National Socialist Factory Cell Organisation). The NSBO was formed in 1928 but was superceeded by the DAF (Deutsche Arbeitsfront/German Labour Front) in 1933 and then completely absorbed in 1935. Note NSBO banner on upper right and the party newspaper banner upper left

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Abandoned “KdF” vacation home. Prora. Ruegen. June 2018.

Kraft durch Freude (German for Strength through Joy, abbreviated KdF) was a large state-operated leisure organization in Nazi Germany. It was a part of the German Labour Front (Deutsche Arbeitsfront, DAF), the national German labour organization at that time. Set up as a tool to promote the advantages of National Socialism to the people, it soon became the world's largest tourism operator of the 1930s.

KdF was supposed to bridge the class divide by making middle-class leisure activities available to the masses. This was underscored by having cruises with passengers of mixed classes and having them, regardless of social status, draw lots for allocation of cabins.

Another less ideological goal was to boost the German economy by stimulating the tourist industry out of its slump from the 1920s. It was quite successful up until the outbreak of World War II. By 1934, over two million Germans had participated on a KdF trip; by 1939 the reported numbers lay around 25 million people. With the outbreak of war in 1939 the organization was mothballed, and several projects, such as the massive Prora holiday resort, were never completed.

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"Canadian Fascist Groups Still Banned," Vancouver Sun. October 16, 1943. Page 2. --- Special to The Vancouver Sun OTTAWA, Oct. 16. - The lifting of the ban on Jehovah's Witnesses and five other hitherto illegal organizations still leaves a list of 28 other associations and groups held to be unlawful under the Defense of Canada Regulations. Included in these are three subsidiaries of Jehovah's Witnesses, which remain illegal although the parent body has been set free. These are the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, the International Bible Students' Association and the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society Incorporated.

TRACTS SUPPRESSED The IBS came under strong suspicion during the Great War of 1914-18. The Watch Tower societies are publishing organizations for Jehovah's Witnesses and while the Witnesses may now function as a legal organization the authorities have not yet come to the stage of releasing the flood of printed propaganda put out by the subsidiaries. One of these tracts which came under discussion in Parliament proved to include nothing but Biblical excerpts.

Leading the list of still-banned organizations are the Nazi party organizations in Canada: The Auslands Organization of the National Sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartel, the Deutsche Arbeitsfront and the Deutsche Bund Fur Canada.

Then there are the Italian Fascists organizations, which will still remain suppressed despite the change in the war status of Italy. These were the Fasci Italiani All-Estro, the OVRA, Opere Volontarie Repressione Anti-Fascisto-National organization for the repression of anti-Fascism); the Dopolavoro (after work organization); Associazione Combattenti Italiani (Italian war veterans); Ogel (Italian youth organization abroad); and the Italian United Front (a combination of Italian and Italo-Canadain societies in Montreal, under the control of Canadian Fascio).

BLACK SHIRTS ILLEGAL The ban also stands on Adrien Arcand's Black Shirts (the so-called National Unity Party) and on the Canadian Union of Fascists, the latter a small organization in Ontario and Saskatchewan which was already dying out when suppressed.

While the Ukrainian Farmer-Labor Temple Association has been freed, its youthful annex, the Canadian Ukrainian Youth Federation is still on the banned list, as is the Workers and Farmers Publishing Association, a UFLA adjunct.

The Communist Party of Canada has had many champions who want the ban on it removed, but no action has been taken.

Nor has the ban been removed from some of its off-shoots such as the Young Communist League, the Canadian Labor Defence League and other organizations such as the Russian Workers and Farmers Club, the Croatian Cultural Association, the Hungarian Workers Club, the Polish People's Association, all of which were banned for Communist tendencies.

Many of the banned organizations had separate publishing companies such as the Croatian Publishing Company, the Polish People's Press, the Serbian Publishing Association. These re- main under suppression.

The League for Peace and Democracy which started out as the league against war and Fascism during the Spanish war still remains on the banned list.

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10 Car Brands with their Pros and Cons

Everyone loves a good car and in the U.S., we spend an average of $300/month on our vehicles (that’s including cars, motorcycles, SUVs, and trucks). But if we were to invest that money in something else, what can we get? This list compiles 10 car brands with their pros and cons so you can decide if the car you own is really good for you.

No matter what your budget, there is a car brand out there for you. But how can you be sure that the car will suit all of your needs? Our ultimate guide has everything from pros and cons to price ranges so that it’s easy to find something in line with both style preferences and personal finances.

Here’s a rundown of 10 car brands with their pros and cons:

1. Audi

Audi is a German car manufacturer known for its luxurious and high-performance vehicles, with headquarters in Bavaria.

Pros –  Luxury vehicle, sleek design, performance-oriented

Cons –  Expensive repair costs, limited storage space due to engine placement, not very fuel-efficient

2. Mazda

Mazda is a global leader in the auto industry. In 2015, they produced 1.5 million vehicles for worldwide sales from their various plants around the world including Japan and other countries.

Pros –  Dependable, good handling, safe

Cons –  Poor gas mileage, unimpressive acceleration speed, low towing capacity

3. Honda

The Honda Motor Company, Ltd. is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment headquartered in Minato Tokyo Japan.

Pros –  Good on gas, capable of towing heavy loads with its V6 engine

Cons –  Lack of legroom in the backseat, difficult to park because of its size

4. Lexus

Lexus, a luxury division of Toyota, is the #1 brand in Japan and ranks among the top 10 global brands.

Lexus is an internationally popular Japanese car brand with a reputation for luxury and comfort.

Pros –  Elegant exterior design, good acceleration speed

Cons –  Bulky size makes it very hard to turn especially around tight corners, pricey maintenance costs

5. Chevrolet (aka Chevy)

Chevrolet is a famous American automobile manufacturer that was founded in 1911.

Chevrolet, formally known as the Chevrolet Division of General Motors Company or simply GM Chevy for short, is an American automobile company.

Pros –  Cheap to maintain, good resale value

Cons –  Not a very fuel-efficient vehicle, not a lot of bells and whistles

6. Nissan

One of Japan’s largest companies, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. is headquartered in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, and has been involved in the car industry since 1933 when it produced its first automobile under the Datsun brand name.

In 2016 they sold a total number of 4 million units across their three brands: Nissan, Infiniti, and Datsun which makes them one of the biggest automotive manufactures worldwide!

Pros –  Good for people who want to automate their car, low maintenance costs

Cons –  Fuel efficiency is mediocre at best, engine noise is very loud when accelerating from a stop

7. Volkswagen (VW)

Volkswagen, known internationally as the Volkswagen Group, is a German multinational automotive manufacturing corporation headquartered in Wolfsburg.

The company was founded on 28 May 1937 by the German Labour Front (Deutsche Arbeitsfront) and called for its first car to be made specifically for workers; it has an auto-producing history that dates back decades.

Pros –  Great handling, low fuel and maintenance costs

Cons –  Very limited legroom in the backseat especially for taller people.

8. Kia

Kia Motors is a South Korean multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Seoul. It’s the second-largest car company after Hyundai, selling more than 2 million cars every year.

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Pros –  Least expensive car on the market

Cons –  Build quality is questionable, interior design can be improved

9. Toyota

Toyota is an international car brands company that has been in the industry for over half a century but only entered the US market in 1968.

The pros of Toyota cars include their durability, affordability, and reliability that make them a great choice for people looking for value.

Cons of Toyota cars include the lack of horsepower, bulky size, and the higher than average maintenance costs.

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10. BMW

BMW is one of the world’s leading luxury car brands operating under two separate brands: BMW & Mini.

Pros of BMW cars include their luxurious and fluid design, high-tech features, and their performance in auto races.

Cons of BMW cars include very expensive maintenance costs, a complicated infotainment system, and the bulky size.

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新作品紹介 タイトル：　No.79 素材：ナチス広報誌(1939年発行、ドイツ)イラストレーションボード サイズ：51×36×10 mm　（額サイズ：130×130×82 mm） 制作年：2021 価格：¥40,150(税込) (作品専用ケース+かぶせ箱+黄袋セット) 購入・問い合わせ:https://ec.tagboat.com/eccube_jp/html/products/detail.php?product_id=62981 1939年発行ドイツ労働戦線(Deutsche Arbeitsfront)雑誌使用、Fieseler Fi103（V-1）をモチーフに制作 Title: No.79 Material: Nazi PR magazine (published in 1939, Germany) illustration board Size: 51 x 36 x 10 mm (frame size: 130 x 130 x 82 mm) Year of production: 2021 Price: ¥40,150 (tax included) (Special case for the work + Cover box + Yellow bag set) Purchase/Inquiries: https://ec.tagboat.com/eccube_en/html/products/detail.php?product_id=62981 The material used is a magazine of Deutsche Arbeitsfront (German Labor Front) published in 1939. Using Fieseler Fi103 (V-1) as a motif. #contemporaryart #paper #paperart #newspaper #アーティスト #artist #papersculpture #當代藝術 #japanese #artwork #specimen #標本 #現代アート #美術 #conceptualart #современноеискусство #足立篤史 #atsushiadachi #newspaperart #飛行機 #conceptualartist #艺术 #当代艺术 #فن #예술 #藝術家 #아티스트 https://www.instagram.com/p/CRNjZDJDji7/?utm_medium=tumblr