Bernd Rosemeyer's fatal accident - or the power of images using the example of Büttner's photo from January 1938
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On October 25, 1937, Bernd Rosemeyer set a speed record that was thought impossible with an average of 406.3 km on the then 8.5 m wide highway. The last photo of the moving car was taken by specialist journalist Alex Büttner and has since been known as the "Büttner photo". This article describes the whole story surrounding the "Büttner photo" and its role in clarifying the reasons for Rosemeyer's accident.
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Even in the age of Photoshop, photographs still have a high documentary value for most people, especially press photos. However, even press photos do not convey the "pure truth", but are subject to interpretation depending on the time they were taken and the political or social circumstances. One example of this is the photo of Bernd Rosemeyer after his record-breaking drive on October 25, 1937, in which he set a speed record of 406.3 km on the then 8.5 m wide highway, which was considered impossible. The air flowing over the open cockpit had created a vacuum in the cockpit and deprived Rosemeyer of air to such an extent that he was dazed and had to be treated for half an hour by the race doctor Dr. Gläser, as he himself later reported.
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