Ferdinand Porsche (September 3, 1875 – January 30, 1951) was a famous engineer and designer of cars and tanks for the Nazis [1]. He designed the VW Beetle with Hitler. After the war and he was arrested for war crimes (for using slave labor) later he and his son opened a sports car company called Porsche.
Porsche attended grammar school in his home town and the State Vocational School in Reichenberg.[1] He became an apprentice plumber under his father, but taught himself engineering to follow his own path in life.