Theo Fitzau, 1953 German GP entrant

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Bottom post of the previous page:

I thought they might not be him which is why I wrote they were said to be him. I had an inkling you would be able to confirm one way or the other so thanks for the confirmation.

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PTRACER wrote: 6 years ago Also @sebbbl, could you provide me several scans of this funeral photo of Fitzau in the highest quality format possible? Say, BMP or PNG? Unprocessed?
Sure, I'll post them soon
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sebbbl is correct.

I've done the deepest internet search ever looking for information on Fitzau. I know his old address in Köthen and his father's place of business. I know his family history dating back to the 18th Century. I know the names of his father, his uncle, his mother. I have found a book by Michael Schramme written on the family. I've seen the soap his father produced. Then I found this interview in the deepest, darkest archives of the DDR press.

If his face was out there on the internet - which is all I was looking for all this time - I would have found it long, long ago :wink:
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sebbbl wrote: 6 years ago
PTRACER wrote: 6 years ago Also @sebbbl, could you provide me several scans of this funeral photo of Fitzau in the highest quality format possible? Say, BMP or PNG? Unprocessed?
Sure, I'll post them soon
Thank you sebbbl! Can you email them to me? I'll PM you my personal address.
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And a photo of him was in a box in my cupboard all the time... :happy: But I was not aware.

I'm still in touch with Paul Greifzu's daughter -maybe she has more information...
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Let's just confirm the faces of the people at Greifzu's funeral so we can rule them out:

Kurt Straubel
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Arthur Rosenhammer
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Kurt Baum
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Rudi Krause
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Hermann Kathrein
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No photo of Jürgen Perduss, and Klodwig is on the previous page. It must be Fitzau :twothumbs:
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I have one of Jürgen Perduss / Perduß. I will post it soon...
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sebbbl wrote: 6 years ago And a photo of him was in a box in my cupboard all the time... :happy: But I was not aware.

I'm still in touch with Paul Greifzu's daughter -maybe she has more information...
Unbelievable :haha:
sebbbl wrote: 6 years ago I have one of Jürgen Perduss / Perduß. I will post it soon...
If you have any alternative photos of Rudi Krause and Ernst Klodwig, could you post those too please? :wave: The two I have posted are the only photos of them in existence (online, anyway).

I'm working with uechtel on an article on the drivers of the 1952/1953 German Grand Prix...
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I have a lot of photos of Krause.. (10+) and maybe one or two more of Klodwig.

Thank you for your work!!
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Here's Jürgen Perduss at the start of the 1952 race at the Bernauer Schleife - he came home 2nd.

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Theodor Fitzau #11 at the start at the Sachsenring in 1951.

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sebbbl wrote: 6 years ago Here's Jürgen Perduss at the start of the 1952 race at the Bernauer Schleife - he came home 2nd.

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This is kind of frustrating. Don't you think he looks quite a lot like this guy?

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At the peak of the procession there're his racing-fellows: Kurt Straubel (front); left backwards: Arthur Rosenhammer, Kurt Baum, Rudi Krause, Herman Kathrein and Jürgen Perduß; right backwards: Ernst Klodwig and Theo Fitzau. Back middle: Theo Helfrich.
I've tried to compare the two pictures.
This is what I got (I hope all is right):

Straubel:
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Rosenhammer:
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Baum (not visible in the second photo):
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Krause (judging by the hair):
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This is another image of him:
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Kathrein (I think it's him: I may be wrong. It appears he has changed position from the first to the second photo):
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Perduss/Perduß:
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Klodwig:
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Helfrich (I'm not sure it's him, but look at the hair: they're the same):
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And this should be Fitzau:
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I'm not sure about Helfrich, Kathrein and Fitzau: what do you think?
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PTRACER wrote: 6 years ago
sebbbl wrote: 6 years ago Here's Jürgen Perduss at the start of the 1952 race at the Bernauer Schleife - he came home 2nd.

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This is kind of frustrating. Don't you think he looks quite a lot like this guy?

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These are not the same man. Between both photos are only 10 days and Fitzau has much "softer" facial characteristics.

This is Perduss:

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@Motorsportrace , thank you for the comparison!

Straubel - correct
Rosenhamer - correct
Baum - likely correct
Krause - correct
Kathrein - your 2nd picture is definitely Edgar Barth
Perduss - correct
Klodwig - correct
Helfrich - that's not him (just google him), but I don't know him... maybe a motorcycle rider?
Fitzau - correct
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sebbbl wrote: 6 years ago @Motorsportrace , thank you for the comparison!

Straubel - correct
Rosenhamer - correct
Baum - likely correct
Krause - correct
Kathrein - your 2nd picture is definitely Edgar Barth
Perduss - correct
Klodwig - correct
Helfrich - that's not him (just google him), but I don't know him... maybe a motorcycle rider?
Fitzau - correct
Thank you, I looked at the caption, which didn't mention Barth (I should have guessed it).
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