I've been living in Leipzig for some years now and did a lot of research on the Leipzig racetrack from the 1950s. But there's one thing that I only managed to do today. I went to the Südfriedhof cemetery - one of Germany's largest right next to the famous Monument to the Battle of the Nations to see the grave of Auto Unions junior-driver from 1935/1936. He was born in Leipzig and died in Monza.
An interesting article on Heydel's testing accident.
The main-building of the cemetery.
The nearby Monument to the Battle of the Nations from the cemetery.
The grave itself.
Father and son.
A plate from the Auto Union team.
Regards, sebbblCatwalk.Imp wrote:This is Rudolf Heydel's fatal Wreck from Monza 1936...PTRACER wrote:Bernd Rosemeyer's car after catching fire during the Tunis GP, 1936. He survived uninjured:
http://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/images/Benhuset/images/scans/cla ... emeyer.jpg