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Headline: Hanomag racing car, 1939Date: 01.01.1939Image text: A Hanomag racing car from the team of the NSKK Motor Group Lower Saxony is racing up the Grossglockner High Alpine Road.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404411Hanomag racing car, 1939A Hanomag racing car from the team of the NSKK Motor Group Lower Saxony is racing up the Grossglockner High Alpine Road.
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Headline: Amateur dance tournament in Sopot, 1939Date: 01.07.1939Image text: The winning couple from Germany at the amateur dance tournament for the "Grand Prix of Nations" in the health resort of Sopot.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404412Amateur dance tournament in Sopot, 1939The winning couple from Germany at the amateur dance tournament for the "Grand Prix of Nations" in the health resort of Sopot.
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Headline: Berlin Press Ball, 1939Date: 28.01.1939Image text: Sitting at the table from left to right: The head of the Reichsverband der Deutschen Presse (Reich Association of the German Press) Wilhelm Weiss, Mrs von Waldeck, Reich Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels and his wife Magda at the Berlin Press Ball.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404413Berlin Press Ball, 1939Sitting at the table from left to right: The head of the Reichsverband der Deutschen Presse (Reich Association of the German Press) Wilhelm Weiss, Mrs von Waldeck, Reich Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels and his wife Magda at the Berlin Press Ball.
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Headline: Viennese Fashion Ball, 1939Date: 01.02.1939Image text: "Ball der Mode" (Fashion Ball) at the Hofburg in Vienna.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404414Viennese Fashion Ball, 1939"Ball der Mode" (Fashion Ball) at the Hofburg in Vienna.
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Headline: Dance revue at the Berlin Press Ball, 1939Date: 28.01.1939Image text: The dance revue "Die bunte und die weisse Feder" at the Berlin Press Ball.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404415Dance revue at the Berlin Press Ball, 1939The dance revue "Die bunte und die weisse Feder" at the Berlin Press Ball.
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Headline: Zarah Leander, 1939Date: 28.01.1939Image text: Performance of the singer Zarah Leander at the Berlin Press Ball.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404416Zarah Leander, 1939Performance of the singer Zarah Leander at the Berlin Press Ball.
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Headline: Berlin Film Ball, 1939Date: 11.03.1939Image text: From left to right: the actresses Else Elster and Anny Ondra. Behind them, director Hans Hellmut Zerlett (left) and Max Schmeling (centre) are having a conversation.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404417Berlin Film Ball, 1939From left to right: the actresses Else Elster and Anny Ondra. Behind them, director Hans Hellmut Zerlett (left) and Max Schmeling (centre) are having a conversation.
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Headline: Berlin Film Ball, 1939Date: 11.03.1939Image text: From left to right: Max Schmeling, Dorothea Wieck, ?, Heinrich George, the UFA Director Paul Lehmann and Kristina Soederbaum. Sitting in front of them: Carola Hoehn (2nd from right) and Anny Ondra (right).Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404418Berlin Film Ball, 1939From left to right: Max Schmeling, Dorothea Wieck, ?, Heinrich George, the UFA Director Paul Lehmann and Kristina Soederbaum. Sitting in front of them: Carola Hoehn (2nd from right) and Anny Ondra (right).
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Headline: Manfred von Brauchitsch and Alfred Neubauer, 1939Date: 21.07.1939Image text: Race driver Manfred von Brauchitsch (in the car) and the race director of the Mercedes-Benz team, Alfred Neubauer (right), during a training for the third round of the European Championship, the German Grand Prix (Grosser Preis von Deutschland), at the Nuerburgring.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404419Manfred von Brauchitsch and Alfred Neubauer, 1939Race driver Manfred von Brauchitsch (in the car) and the race director of the Mercedes-Benz team, Alfred Neubauer (right), during a training for the third round of the European Championship, the German Grand Prix (Grosser Preis von Deutschland), at the Nuerburgring.
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Headline: Great East Prussia Tour, 1939Date: 01.01.1939Image text: A participant of the "Ostpreussenfahrt" (East Prussia Tour) starts the downhill run in an Opel at the start of the first stage at Goldap.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404420Great East Prussia Tour, 1939A participant of the "Ostpreussenfahrt" (East Prussia Tour) starts the downhill run in an Opel at the start of the first stage at Goldap.
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Headline: Great East Prussia Tour, 1939Date: 01.01.1939Image text: Participants of the "Opel-Team" at the "Grosse Ostpreussenfahrt" (Great East Prussia Tour), which leads cross-country through East Prussia.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404421Great East Prussia Tour, 1939Participants of the "Opel-Team" at the "Grosse Ostpreussenfahrt" (Great East Prussia Tour), which leads cross-country through East Prussia.
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Headline: Internationale Deutsche Alpenfahrt (International German Alpine Rally), 1939Date: 01.01.1939Image text: Participant Heiner Vogt in an Opel Olympia at the Internationale Deutsche Alpenfahrt (International German Alpine Rally).Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404422Internationale Deutsche Alpenfahrt (International German Alpine Rally), 1939Participant Heiner Vogt in an Opel Olympia at the Internationale Deutsche Alpenfahrt (International German Alpine Rally).
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Headline: Internationale Deutsche Alpenfahrt (International German Alpine Rally), 1939Date: 01.01.1939Image text: Participants of the Internationale Deutsche Alpenfahrt (International German Alpine Rally) in an Opel.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404423Internationale Deutsche Alpenfahrt (International German Alpine Rally), 1939Participants of the Internationale Deutsche Alpenfahrt (International German Alpine Rally) in an Opel.
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Headline: Training on the Grossglockner High Alpine Road, 1939Date: 01.08.1939Image text: Race car at the final training for the Deutsche Bergmeisterschaft (German Mountain Championship) on the Grossglockner High Alpine Road.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404424Training on the Grossglockner High Alpine Road, 1939Race car at the final training for the Deutsche Bergmeisterschaft (German Mountain Championship) on the Grossglockner High Alpine Road.
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Headline: Great East Prussia Tour, 1939Date: 01.01.1939Image text: Participants of the Great East Prussian Tour in Masuria.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404425Great East Prussia Tour, 1939Participants of the Great East Prussian Tour in Masuria.
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Headline: Hermann Lang, 1939Date: 01.06.1939Image text: Racing driver Hermann Lang during training for the Wiener Hoehenstrassen-Rennen (Viennese High Street Race) on the circuit to the Kahlenberg.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404426Hermann Lang, 1939Racing driver Hermann Lang during training for the Wiener Hoehenstrassen-Rennen (Viennese High Street Race) on the circuit to the Kahlenberg.
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Headline: Mercedes-Benz W 165, 1939Date: 01.01.1939Image text: The Mercedes-Benz W165 racing car was specially developed for the Tripoli Grand Prix, in order to be able to compete against the English and Italian competitors with a 1.5 liter model.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404427Mercedes-Benz W 165, 1939The Mercedes-Benz W165 racing car was specially developed for the Tripoli Grand Prix, in order to be able to compete against the English and Italian competitors with a 1.5 liter model.
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Headline: The Pau Grand Prix, 1939Date: 01.01.1939Image text: Racing driver Hermann Lang (in front) leads the field and wins the Grand Prix de Pau in a Mercedes racing car.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404428The Pau Grand Prix, 1939Racing driver Hermann Lang (in front) leads the field and wins the Grand Prix de Pau in a Mercedes racing car.
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Headline: The Grand Prix of Tripoli, 1939Date: 09.05.1939Image text: Air Marshal Italo Balbo, Governor General of Italian-Libya, waves a flag to mark the start of the Tripoli Grand Prix.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404429The Grand Prix of Tripoli, 1939Air Marshal Italo Balbo, Governor General of Italian-Libya, waves a flag to mark the start of the Tripoli Grand Prix.
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Headline: Shipment of a racing car, 1939Date: 03.05.1939Image text: Shipment of a Mercedes racing car of Daimler-Benz from the port of Genoa to Tripoli for the Grand Prix of Tripoli.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404430Shipment of a racing car, 1939Shipment of a Mercedes racing car of Daimler-Benz from the port of Genoa to Tripoli for the Grand Prix of Tripoli.
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Headline: Great East Prussia Tour, 1939Date: 01.05.1939Image text: The Opel factory team, participants in the "Grosse Ostpreussenfahrt" (Great East Prussia Tour), in the early morning shortly after the start, on an avenue of birch trees near Tilsit.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404431Great East Prussia Tour, 1939The Opel factory team, participants in the "Grosse Ostpreussenfahrt" (Great East Prussia Tour), in the early morning shortly after the start, on an avenue of birch trees near Tilsit.
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Headline: Internationale Deutsche Alpenfahrt (International German Alpine Rally), 1939Date: 01.01.1939Image text: Participants of the Internationale Deutsche Alpenfahrt (International German Alpine Rally) on the Grossglockner High Alpine Road. In the background is the village Heiligenblut.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404432Internationale Deutsche Alpenfahrt (International German Alpine Rally), 1939Participants of the Internationale Deutsche Alpenfahrt (International German Alpine Rally) on the Grossglockner High Alpine Road. In the background is the village Heiligenblut.
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Headline: Great East Prussia Tour, 1939Date: 01.05.1939Image text: Racing driver Paul von Guilleaume (in front) during an ascent at the "Ostpreussenfahrt" (East Prussia Tour) across the Prussian province.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404433Great East Prussia Tour, 1939Racing driver Paul von Guilleaume (in front) during an ascent at the "Ostpreussenfahrt" (East Prussia Tour) across the Prussian province.
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Headline: Internationale Deutsche Alpenfahrt (International German Alpine Rally), 1939Date: 01.01.1939Image text: The third and last stage of the Internationale Deutsche Alpenfahrt (International German Alpine Rally): In the picture the Opel-"Kapitaene" at the beginning of the last special stage.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404434Internationale Deutsche Alpenfahrt (International German Alpine Rally), 1939The third and last stage of the Internationale Deutsche Alpenfahrt (International German Alpine Rally): In the picture the Opel-"Kapitaene" at the beginning of the last special stage.
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Headline: Great East Prussia Tour, 1939Date: 12.05.1939Image text: A participant of the Great East Prussia Tour got stuck in the sand during the first stage at Goldap and continues after a "push-start aid" by the co-driver.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404435Great East Prussia Tour, 1939A participant of the Great East Prussia Tour got stuck in the sand during the first stage at Goldap and continues after a "push-start aid" by the co-driver.
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Headline: Karl Haeberle, 1939Date: 08.02.1939Image text: Karl Haeberle next to a Hanomag racing car. With this car he set the first world record for diesel cars on the newly opened race track between Dessau and Bitterfeld in the morning.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404436Karl Haeberle, 1939Karl Haeberle next to a Hanomag racing car. With this car he set the first world record for diesel cars on the newly opened race track between Dessau and Bitterfeld in the morning.
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Headline: Racing training, 1939Date: 01.01.1939Image text: Hans Stuck (front) and Hermann Lang (back) are training for the Wiener Hoehenstrassen-Rennen (Vienna High Road Race).Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404437Racing training, 1939Hans Stuck (front) and Hermann Lang (back) are training for the Wiener Hoehenstrassen-Rennen (Vienna High Road Race).
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Headline: Great East Prussia Tour, 1939Date: 01.05.1939Image text: Volunteers of the SA and the NSKK provide "pushing aid" at the Masurian Lake District for the participants of the Great East Prussian Tour across the Prussian province in May 1939.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404438Great East Prussia Tour, 1939Volunteers of the SA and the NSKK provide "pushing aid" at the Masurian Lake District for the participants of the Great East Prussian Tour across the Prussian province in May 1939.
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Headline: Record attempt on the Reichsautobahn near Dessau, 1939Date: 08.02.1939Image text: The first record attempt on the new German record track of the Reichsautobahn near Dessau. Rudolf Caracciola with Mercedes after his record drive over a kilometre from a standing start.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404439Record attempt on the Reichsautobahn near Dessau, 1939The first record attempt on the new German record track of the Reichsautobahn near Dessau. Rudolf Caracciola with Mercedes after his record drive over a kilometre from a standing start.
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Headline: Record attempt on the Reichsautobahn near Dessau, 1939Date: 08.02.1939Image text: The first record attempt on the new German record track of the Reichsautobahn near Dessau. Rudolf Caracciola in a Mercedes, shortly after the start of his record drive over a kilometre from a standing start.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404440Record attempt on the Reichsautobahn near Dessau, 1939The first record attempt on the new German record track of the Reichsautobahn near Dessau. Rudolf Caracciola in a Mercedes, shortly after the start of his record drive over a kilometre from a standing start.
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Headline: Record attempt on the Reichsautobahn near Dessau, 1939Date: 08.02.1939Image text: The first record attempt on the new German record track of the Reichsautobahn near Dessau. Rudolf Caracciola in a Mercedes, shortly after the start of his record drive over a kilometre from a standing start.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404441Record attempt on the Reichsautobahn near Dessau, 1939The first record attempt on the new German record track of the Reichsautobahn near Dessau. Rudolf Caracciola in a Mercedes, shortly after the start of his record drive over a kilometre from a standing start.
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Headline: Record attempt on the Reichsautobahn near Dessau, 1939Date: 08.02.1939Image text: The first record attempt on the new German record track of the Reichsautobahn near Dessau. Rudolf Caracciola in a Mercedes, shortly after the start of his record drive over a kilometre from a standing start.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404442Record attempt on the Reichsautobahn near Dessau, 1939The first record attempt on the new German record track of the Reichsautobahn near Dessau. Rudolf Caracciola in a Mercedes, shortly after the start of his record drive over a kilometre from a standing start.
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Headline: Berlin Film Ball, 1939Date: 15.07.1939Image text: View into the ballroom at the Berlin Filmball.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404443Berlin Film Ball, 1939View into the ballroom at the Berlin Filmball.
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Headline: Performance by Zarah Leander, 1939Date: 28.01.1939Image text: Performance of Zarah Leander at the Berlin Press Ball in 1939.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404444Performance by Zarah Leander, 1939Performance of Zarah Leander at the Berlin Press Ball in 1939.
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Headline: Performance by Zarah Leander, 1939Date: 28.01.1939Image text: Performance of Zarah Leander at the Berlin Press Ball in 1939.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404445Performance by Zarah Leander, 1939Performance of Zarah Leander at the Berlin Press Ball in 1939.
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Headline: Adolf Wagner and Otto Dietrich, 1939Date: 15.07.1939Image text: Arrival of Adolf Wagner (centre left), Gauleiter of Munich-Upper Bavaria, and Reich Press Officer Otto Dietrich (centre right) at Nymphenburg Palace in Munich. Dietrich had invited the domestic and foreign press to a gala reception there.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404446Adolf Wagner and Otto Dietrich, 1939Arrival of Adolf Wagner (centre left), Gauleiter of Munich-Upper Bavaria, and Reich Press Officer Otto Dietrich (centre right) at Nymphenburg Palace in Munich. Dietrich had invited the domestic and foreign press to a gala reception there.
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Headline: Vienna Ballet, 1939Date: 15.07.1939Image text: The Vienna Ballet dances on the occasion of the gala reception for Austrian and foreign journalists on the grounds of Nymphenburg Palace.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404447Vienna Ballet, 1939The Vienna Ballet dances on the occasion of the gala reception for Austrian and foreign journalists on the grounds of Nymphenburg Palace.
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Headline: Performance of " The Bartered Bride ", 1939Date: 15.07.1939Image text: The Bavarian State Opera Ballet dances "The Bartered Bride" by Bedrich Smetana on the occasion of the gala reception of domestic and foreign journalists on the grounds of Schloss Nymphenburg.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404448Performance of " The Bartered Bride ", 1939The Bavarian State Opera Ballet dances "The Bartered Bride" by Bedrich Smetana on the occasion of the gala reception of domestic and foreign journalists on the grounds of Schloss Nymphenburg.
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Headline: Performance of " The Bartered Bride ", 1939Date: 15.07.1939Image text: The Bavarian State Opera Ballet dances "The Bartered Bride" by Bedrich Smetana on the occasion of the gala reception of domestic and foreign journalists on the grounds of Schloss Nymphenburg.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404449Performance of " The Bartered Bride ", 1939The Bavarian State Opera Ballet dances "The Bartered Bride" by Bedrich Smetana on the occasion of the gala reception of domestic and foreign journalists on the grounds of Schloss Nymphenburg.
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Headline: Open-air performance in Nymphenburg Palace, 1939Date: 15.07.1939Image text: The Ballet of the Bavarian State Opera will perform in historical costumes at the gala reception for domestic and foreign journalists on the premises of Nymphenburg Palace. In the background, the hunting lodge Amalienburg.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404450Open-air performance in Nymphenburg Palace, 1939The Ballet of the Bavarian State Opera will perform in historical costumes at the gala reception for domestic and foreign journalists on the premises of Nymphenburg Palace. In the background, the hunting lodge Amalienburg.
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Headline: Performance of "Friedenstag" (Peace Day) in Berlin, 1939Date: 04.03.1939Image text: Closing photo of the opera "Friedenstag" (Peace Day) by composer Richard Strauss at the Staatsoper "Unter den Linden" in Berlin.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404451Performance of "Friedenstag" (Peace Day) in Berlin, 1939Closing photo of the opera "Friedenstag" (Peace Day) by composer Richard Strauss at the Staatsoper "Unter den Linden" in Berlin.
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Headline: Performance of "Friedenstag" (Peace Day) in Berlin, 1939Date: 04.03.1939Image text: Closing photo of the opera "Friedenstag" (Peace Day) by composer Richard Strauss at the Staatsoper "Unter den Linden" in Berlin.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404452Performance of "Friedenstag" (Peace Day) in Berlin, 1939Closing photo of the opera "Friedenstag" (Peace Day) by composer Richard Strauss at the Staatsoper "Unter den Linden" in Berlin.
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Headline: Dancers of the Tobis-ballet on motorcycles, 1939Date: 02.04.1939Image text: During the evening program of the "Night of a Thousand Wonders" hosted by the Tobis film company in the Sportpalast, the showgirls dabble in driving the motorcycles of the German Police (Schutzpolizei).Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404453Dancers of the Tobis-ballet on motorcycles, 1939During the evening program of the "Night of a Thousand Wonders" hosted by the Tobis film company in the Sportpalast, the showgirls dabble in driving the motorcycles of the German Police (Schutzpolizei).
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Headline: Evening reception in the Berlin City Hall, 1939Date: 27.04.1939Image text: Reception in honour of the Governor of Rome and his wife, Prince and Princess of Colonna at the Berlin City Hall: from left to right: Head of the German Police Kurt Daluege, the Mayor of Berlin Julius Lippert, the press attache of the Italian Embassy Marchese Francesco Antinori, Prince Colonna, Reich Minister and Head of the Reich Chancellery Hans Heinrich Lammers and the Italian Consul General in Berlin Guiseppe Renzetti.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404454Evening reception in the Berlin City Hall, 1939Reception in honour of the Governor of Rome and his wife, Prince and Princess of Colonna at the Berlin City Hall: from left to right: Head of the German Police Kurt Daluege, the Mayor of Berlin Julius Lippert, the press attache of the Italian Embassy Marchese Francesco Antinori, Prince Colonna, Reich Minister and Head of the Reich Chancellery Hans Heinrich Lammers and the Italian Consul General in Berlin Guiseppe Renzetti.
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Headline: Ferdinand Porsche, 1939Date: 28.01.1939Image text: Ferdinand Porsche at the Berlin Press Ball. To his left is the winner of the raffle, who has won the grand prize, a new Volkswagen.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404457Ferdinand Porsche, 1939Ferdinand Porsche at the Berlin Press Ball. To his left is the winner of the raffle, who has won the grand prize, a new Volkswagen.
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Headline: Berlin Press Ball, 1939Date: 28.01.1939Image text: The main prize of the famous raffle of the Press Ball in Berlin in 1939 is Ferdinand Porsche's new Volkswagen (4th from left). On the right, the natural scientist and author Bent Berg (2nd from right) and the actor Heinrich George (right).Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404458Berlin Press Ball, 1939The main prize of the famous raffle of the Press Ball in Berlin in 1939 is Ferdinand Porsche's new Volkswagen (4th from left). On the right, the natural scientist and author Bent Berg (2nd from right) and the actor Heinrich George (right).
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Headline: Berlin Film Ball, 1939Date: 11.03.1939Image text: From left to right: Olga Chekhova, Hans Brausewetter, Paula Wessely and the president of the Reichsfilmkammer, Oswald Lehnich, at the Filmball in Berlin.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404459Berlin Film Ball, 1939From left to right: Olga Chekhova, Hans Brausewetter, Paula Wessely and the president of the Reichsfilmkammer, Oswald Lehnich, at the Filmball in Berlin.
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Headline: Drivers of the Monte Carlo Rally cross Berlin, 1939Date: 19.01.1939Image text: The Monte Carlo participant from Berlin G. Macher and his co-driver Brockhoff study the route map shortly before their start at the control station Autohotel at Kaiserdamm in Berlin. On the right side of the picture there is a member of the NSKK Verkehrserziehungsdienst (Traffic Education Service) in uniform.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404460Drivers of the Monte Carlo Rally cross Berlin, 1939The Monte Carlo participant from Berlin G. Macher and his co-driver Brockhoff study the route map shortly before their start at the control station Autohotel at Kaiserdamm in Berlin. On the right side of the picture there is a member of the NSKK Verkehrserziehungsdienst (Traffic Education Service) in uniform.
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Headline: Drivers of the Monte Carlo Rally cross Berlin, 1939Date: 19.01.1939Image text: The British participant of the Monte Carlo Rally, Mrs. A. C. Lace and her passenger study the route map before their start at the control station Autohotel at Kaiserdamm in Berlin.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404461Drivers of the Monte Carlo Rally cross Berlin, 1939The British participant of the Monte Carlo Rally, Mrs. A. C. Lace and her passenger study the route map before their start at the control station Autohotel at Kaiserdamm in Berlin.
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Headline: Drivers of the Monte Carlo Rally cross Berlin, 1939Date: 19.01.1939Image text: A Polish participant of the Monte Carlo Rally of 1939, which began in Tallinn, Estonia, will leave from the Autohotel control station on Kaiserdamm in Berlin.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00404462Drivers of the Monte Carlo Rally cross Berlin, 1939A Polish participant of the Monte Carlo Rally of 1939, which began in Tallinn, Estonia, will leave from the Autohotel control station on Kaiserdamm in Berlin.
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