small luftwaffe group

many thanks Carl, ya I taught they were perhaps a Flak unit.........but ya the sign was puzzleing me with the internet translation i was getting......i was thinking that they were going to a party or show

i might try to see if i can zoom in and darkn / play around with the other sign to make it more visible


oh ya.....im not sure how, but i think Kruska knows about the deal

 

maybe these close-ups will help...........i might be completely off-track....but im thinking "car race" again at one of these "Day of the Wehrmacht" assemblies ??

 

Hello AP,

well Carl already did a magnificent translation job.

The Kf. Ausb. Stelle means (Kraftfahrer Ausbildungs Stelle) =Driver school.

Der Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1942 is more or less the forerunner of todays Formula 1 in Germany, and in the 30's to 40's it was the great time for the Mercedes and Auto Union (Audi) Silverarrows.

Some pictures under
Rudolf Caracciola

The Flakkaserne Hartlieb (AA Training Barracks) was near the city of Breslau and after the war was handed over by Russia to Poland, nowadays called Wrocław.

Regards
Kruska

 

excellant info kruska....thank you very much

 

Thank both of you Andys ;-))

Heh heh, my translations are as bad or almost as bad as using those translator services. I tried it on a few names like: Richard Basehart and Hans-Christian Blech, and one of their last names came out translated as Sheetmetal. After that, I gave up using that translator service.

 

no problem Carl.....your translation skills are far superior to mine !

 

Heh heh, I'd hate to make a living of mine ;-))

 

Hello Carl,

well then it is actually save for you to use the translater - since the German Blech is indeed Sheet Metal in English.

There is a south German saying: Red kein Blech = don't talk Sheet Metal.
The Blech is refering to the sound it makes when being hit or wobbeled.

So one could also translate it = your say is just a high pitched and therefore anoying sound. Were the word Blech originates from is not known (at least not to me).

Andy and Carl, thanks for the salute

Regards
Kruska

 

Andy, you definately earned this one :-D How about that? one of my all-time most favorite German actors ast name really is Sheet Metal. Har har, I wonder what names like Curt (Curd) Jurgens, Wolfgang Priess, Oskar Werner, Otto E. Haase, Til Kiwi, Klaus Lowitsch, Fred Stillkraut, Maximilian Schell, Johannes Meissner, Wilfrid Seyfferth, Lilo Pulver, Hildegard Knef and Walter Gotell; might translate out to be? :lol: All of these folks and many unlisted-are favorites of mine as well. I've never been a fan of Klaus Kinski though--he was in too many wierd and "Z" rated movies-like: Battle for the Last Panzer.

 

Hello Carl,

yes indeed

As for Kinski: his daughter Nastassia is a hot bird - or was?

One of my alltime favourit actors is Peter O'Toole, and one of my alltime favorit movies is him staring in Night of the Generals.

The part of the SS General Tanz (O'Toole) is played superbly and culminates IMO when O'Toole get's to be a mental case whilst glancing at a Vincent van Gogh painting.
I believe the only actor who could have outplayed him in that part would have been "nasty Kinski".

Sorry AndyPants I was not trying to de-rail your thread.

Regards
Kruska

 

Hi Andys, ;-))

I remember his Daughter was a hottie. I saw her in one movie long ago but don't remember what it was. THE only reason why I watched it-was because whe was ina skimpy swimsuit and she was HOT. Her Dad-is just too plain wierd. The only movie i ever liked him in was in: Decision Before Dawn--in which he plays a "whining soldier" and the part lasted less than 10 seconds ;-)) That was probably the only "A" movi he was ever in.

I like Peter O'Toole as well. I saw Night of the Generals long ago and would like to see it again. If Im not mistaken-I think fine Egyptian Actor Omar Sharif is in it as a German Officer and I THINK his character gets murdered? But it's been too long since I last saw this great movie-I don't reember anything about it.

Sorry other Andy-im now getting back on topic which was??? :-D

 

oh no worries guys , im happy with the translation of my photo's.......so you can hijack the thread now

 

Hi Andy, consider it done ;-)) Need more "wprk" top do so post more when you get them.

 

Heh. These trainee drivers must have had delusions of grandeur! There was of course no Grosser Preis in 1942: the last had been held in July 1939 and all forms of motor sport ceased in Germany at the outbreak of war, although German cars and drivers competed in Yugoslavia on September 3rd 1939 and in Italy in early 1940 while both Mercedes Benz and Auto Union continued to develop their Grand Prix cars until state funding was finally withdrawn in 1941. BMW were also still working on competition cars.

I'd guess this event was some sort of "motor gymkhana" - a demonstration of different driving skills.

Fascinating picture for a motor sport historian like me ....

 

thanks for the extra info Vitesse, and welcome to the site

 

I believe it was some kind of local joke, so that the soldiers could have a good time.