Who was Bernd Rosemeyer and what did he do?

Bernd Rosemeyer (14 October 1909 – 28 January 1938) was a German racing driver and a member of the SS. He held the rank of a Hauptsturmführer.

Where is the monument to Bernd Rosemeyer located?

On the Frankfurt-Darmstadt autobahn, just beyond the Langen-Morfelden crossing and set back amongst the trees stands a monument to the great Rosemeyer. Originally from Lingen, Lower Saxony. His career, like many other drivers of the period, began in motorcycles.

Why did Bernd Rosemeyer join Auto Union racing team?

Having started by racing motorbikes, Rosemeyer became a member of the Auto Union racing team with hardly any experience in racing cars. This was later considered a benefit as he was not yet used to the handling of traditional layout race cars.

What was the speed of Bernd Rosemeyer’s car?

On January 28th, 1938, German race driver and national hero Bernd Rosemeyer was killed, thrown from his Auto Union streamliner after it careened off a section of closed-off Autobahn. He was traveling somewhere in the neighborhood of 270 mph, on a public road, in winds high enough to be a danger at half that speed.

Where is the grave of Bernd Rosemeyer in Berlin?

Bernd Rosemeyer is buried in the Waldfriedhof Dahlem on Hüttenweg in Berlin . In his birthplace of Lingen (Ems), Bahnhofstraße, where the racer grew up, was renamed by the Nazi Party in his honor as “Bernd-Rosemeyer-Straße” in 1938. In addition, the city is the home of Motorsport Club “MSC Bernd Rosemeyer Lingen e.V.

Where was Bernd Rosemeyer trying to set a speed record?

Rosemeyer was killed during a land speed record attempt on a regular traffic route on the Autobahn between Frankfurt and Darmstadt on 28 January 1938. Competing for the record against Rudolf Caracciola, Rosemeyer went out later in the day in his Auto Union streamliner, setting a new class record of 432 km/h (268 mph).

What was Bernd Rosemeyer’s Auto Union class record?

Competing for the record against Rudolf Caracciola, Rosemeyer went out later in the day in his Auto Union streamliner, setting a new class record of 432 km/h (268 mph). In an effort to raise the record still higher, despite a report that wind was picking up, Rosemeyer took the streamliner again.

When did Bernd Rosemeyer win the European driving championship?

He won the European driving championship in 1936. Of the twelve Grand Prix contested in 1937 between Mercedes and Auto Union, Rosemeyer won four of Auto Union’s five victories against Mercedes’s formidable new W125.