page_title: Simson (company)
section_title: 1949–62: four-stroke motorcycles
hierarchical_section_title: Simson (company) / History / 1949–62: four-stroke motorcycles
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Suhl, VEB Mewa Fahrzeug- und Gerätewerk Simson Zentralbild Kornmann 12.5.1959 VEB Fahrzeug-und Gerätewerk Simson-Suhl Der VEB Fahrzeug-und Gerätewerk Simson-Suhl hat bei der Durchführung des sozialistischen Wettbewerbs gute Erfolge zu verzeichnen. Bis zum Jahresende sollen über den Plan 150 Motorräder, 1200 Mopeds und 120 Jagdgewehre ausgeliefert werden. UBz: Blick auf das Werk (Übersicht)
context_page_description: Simson was a German company which produced firearms, automobiles, bicycles and motorcycles, and mopeds. Under the Third Reich, the factory was taken from the Jewish Simson family, and was renamed several times under Nazi and later Communist control. The Simson name was reintroduced as a brand name for mopeds produced at the factory in the former German Democratic Republic. Simson mopeds were then produced in Suhl until 2002.
caption: The Simson factory in 1963
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