>From Wikipedia: Both brothers joined the Nazi Party<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Party>, but Rudolf was slightly closer to the party than Adolf. During the war, a growing rift between the pair reached a breaking point after an Allied bomb attack in 1943, when Adi and his wife climbed into a bomb shelter that Rudolf and his family were already in: "The dirty bastards are back again", Adi said, referring to the Allied war planes, but Rudolf was convinced his brother meant him and his family.[9]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adidas#cite_note-sneakerwars-9>After Rudolf was later picked up by American soldiers and accused of being a member of the Waffen SS <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffen_SS>, he was convinced that his brother had turned him in.[7]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adidas#cite_note-DW-7>
The Dassler factory, used for production of anti-tank weapons during the war, was nearly destroyed by US forces in April 1945, but was spared when Adi Dassler's wife, Käthe, convinced the GIs that the company and its employees were only interested in manufacturing sports shoes. American occupying forces subsequently became major buyers of the Dassler brothers' shoes.[10] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adidas#cite_note-10> The brothers split up in 1947,[9]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adidas#cite_note-sneakerwars-9>with Rudi forming a new firm that he called *Ruda* – from *Ru*dolf *Da*ssler, later rebranded Puma<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puma_AG>, and Adi forming a company formally registered as *Adidas AG* from *Adi* *Das *sler on 18 August 1949. Although it is popularly claimed that the name is an acronym <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym> for *All Day I Dream About Sport*, that phrase is a backronym<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym>; the name is actually a portmanteau<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau>formed from "Adi" (a nickname for Adolf) and "Das" (from "Dassler"). [1] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adidas#cite_note-history-1> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 3:56 PM, asc490 <[email protected]> wrote: > The brothers Adolf (Adi) and Rudolf Dassler founded a company in the > twenties. But they wew at odds and split their company in the forties. Adi > named his Adidas, Rudolf named his Puma. Yes, right, Puma. > > > On Monday, November 19, 2012, Eric Rex <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey Sportsfans: > > It's hard to find anything better than adidas. I heard the name is an > acronym once, but cannot remember what that is. I will have to ask Adi... > > > > As Always, ER > > > > http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport > > http://speedorex.blogspot.com/ > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Triathletepix/ > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "omnisport" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "omnisport" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport?hl=en. > -- Take a moment and view my blog! http://hohcopelandwj.wordpress.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport?hl=en.
