Special thanks to Robert B and The Vintage VW Model and Toy Club for these notes :
The firm of H. WITTROCK A/S was established in 1935 by Helmuth Wittrock in Copenhagen, Denmark. The company started in the radio industry, but, because of the shortage of supplies during the war, the company moved to other products, like glass, china and toys. The demand for mechanical toys proved to be profitable, so Wittrock focused on toys. In 1949, the company presented a series of newly developed H0 trains and accessories. A new company logo - a globe on which a train running on rails - was created. The production of model trains ceased in 1960. Also in the fifties, Wittrock produced several tinplate and plastic toy cars. In the late fifties the demands for quality toys grew and Wittrock became an importer rather than a producer of many foreign toy brands in Denmark. Today Wittrock is still in business and a leader in its field in Denmark. Wittrock is known to have imported and sold H0 model railway accessories from German manufacturer Christian Götz und Sohn (Göso).
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