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05-12-2015 04:59 PM
# ADS
Circuit advertisement
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All I can say is the last two seem to match up 100% so I guess you have the right date and location --- nice photos! Looks like some are official/press prints.
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Some nice pics you got there. Thanks for posting
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A photo from the 1939 Berlin Auto Show. The awards were apparently presented by Hitler himself, as the documents that came with them are also from Hitler. The man in the helmet and goggles is Staffelführer Rudolf Caracciola. He looks very much like the man behind Hitler in the car wearing the same kind of helmet and goggles. This photo was taken on March 17,1940 when the awards were given. Is this the same man and the same event? It looks likely to me, at least. The nose is very much alike with the man in the back seat. This was a yearly event, so it could, of course, be from one of the other years as well.
William
"Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."
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The photo with Hitler in the car the SS guards are wearing hats that seem wrong to me for a 1940 photo. See this thread link to see the evolution of the hats over the years.
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I wonder if that is a special built car? The wheel is enormous on it and the running board is wide enough to Sleep on...
William
"Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."
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I also noticed these huge dimensions! Unfortunately I am no specialist for cars of the Third Reich. Maybe someone else can say more about it?
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