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Racing driver Bernd Rosemeyer - exceptional talent and idol of the youth

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Created on January 1, 1985

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Auto Union (1937) - Bernd Rosemeyer startet im Stromlinienfahrzeug zum Rennen auf der Avus

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Bernd Rosemeyers Autogrammkarte

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Achille Varzi, Hans Stuck und Bernd Rosemeyer im Jahr 1935

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Bernd Rosemeyer nach seinem Sieg für Auto Uioni an der Coppa Acerbo in Pescara (Italien) im Jahr 1937

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Auto Union Rennfahrer Bernd Rosemeyer (1909 – 1938)

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Hatte das Rennenfahren im Blut - Bernd Rosemeyer

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Bernd Rosemeyer im Cockpit seines Auto-Union-Rennwagens in Tripolis im Jahr 1936

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Bernd Rosemeyer bei einer Siegerehrung im Oktober 1937

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Bernd Rosemeyer und seine Frau Elly Beinhorn, fotografiert 1937 in Pescara

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Auto Union Star Bernd Rosemeyer mit seiner Frau, der Fliegerin Elly Beinhorn

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Horch 853 Coupé (1937) - Bernd Rosemeyer fuhr ein stattliches Coupé, das er Manuela nannte

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Horch 853 Coupé "Manuela" – Die Auto Union liess diesen Luxuswagen 1937 für ihren berühmtesten Rennfahrer, Bernd Rosemeyer, fertigen.

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Bernd Rosemeyer mit Jacket und Krawatte bei einer Testfahrt auf der Berliner Avus im April 1937

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Auto Union Typ C (1937) - Bernd Rosemeyer siegt im Rennen von Donington Park (Grossbritannien) im Jahr 1937

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Auto Union Typ C (1936) - Boxenstopp mit Reifenwechsel an Rosemeyers Wagen beim Großen Preis von Deutschland am 26. Juli 1936 - hinten Ferdinand Porsche mit zwei Stoppuhren

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Mercedes-Benz W 125 (1937) - Start zum Vanderbilt-Cup auf Long Island am 5. Juli 1937 - Caracciola mit Nr. 12, der spätere Sieger Rosemeyer mit Nr. 4

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Auto Union Typ C (1937) - Bernd Rosemeyer gewinnt den Grand Prix in Donington Park

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Mercedes-Benz W 125 (1937) - die Spitze des Feldes am GP von Deutschland am 25. Juli 1937 - Hermann Lang vor Rudi Caracciola, dahinter Bernd Rosemeyer im Auto Union

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Auto Union (1937) - Rosemeyer im Stromlinienwagen beim Avus Rennen

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Auto Union (1937) - Bernd Rosemeyer beim Start zu einer Weltrekordfahrt

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Auto Union (1937) - Bernd Rosemeyer startet zur Rekordfahrt im Stromlinien-Rennwagen

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Auto Union (1937) - Bernd Rosemeyer beim Weltrekordversuch

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Auto Union (1937) - Bernd Rosemeyer auf der Berliner Avus im Jahr 1937

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Auto Union (1938) - Stromlinien-Rennwagen für Rekordfahrten

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Auto Union (Jahrgang 1937) - Weltrekordversuch am 28. Januar 1938 von Bernd Rosemeyer - der Wagen wird in Fahrtrichtung angeschoben

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Auto Union (1938) - Bernd Rosemeyers letzte Rekordfahrt am 18. Januar 1938 auf der Autobahn bei Frankfurt am Main

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Summary

He was a national hero and a natural talent. In the 1930s, he made headlines - not only in the motoring press, but also in the daily newspapers. Bernd Rosemeyer won many races for Auto Union in his short motorsport career and he set over a dozen speed records, failing the last record attempt and paying for the risk with his death. He is still remembered by many motorsport fans today. This report looks back on the life of the exceptional racing driver Bernd Rosemeyer.

This article contains the following chapters

Connected with racing at an early age
Grand Prix winner at the age of 25
A natural talent
Success with record drives
Horch driver
Death in a record-breaking car
Worldwide mourning

Estimated reading time: 4min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Bernd Rosemeyer was born on October 14, 1909 in Bingen an der Ems, the son of a master mechanic, and Bernd also received his vocational training in his father's company. He grew up in the world of engines, and this world meant everything to him ... At the age of eleven, he got himself a motorcycle that he mastered with acrobatic confidence - a 350cc FN, on which he knew how to ride standing up (on the saddle!) until the police caught him. In May 1931, he won a grass track race on a BMW and later successfully rode an NSU. In 1934, he received a contract from the Auto Union racing department as a works driver; he was to drive a charge pump DKW. But he soon switched from motorcycles to a Grand Prix car.

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