Rudi Caracciola marriage to Charly Liemann
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Posted 24 March 2004 - 14:39
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Posted 24 March 2004 - 17:16
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Posted 24 March 2004 - 23:11
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Posted 24 March 2004 - 23:20
Originally posted by Hans Etzrodt
In his book Mein Leben als Rennfahrer (1940?), Caracciola wrote that they got engaged on the evening after his victory at the 1926 German Grand Prix.
Not in the English edition (at least not in so many words) : it says that was the moment he knew "the day would come when she would be with me forever." Then later the marriage is mentioned in passing, but with no details.
Presumably the German GP victory prize money meant he had enough to not only open his Mercedes dealership but also to get married.
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Posted 24 March 2004 - 23:27
1939, according to e.g. http://www.autoliter...acing_books.htmOriginally posted by Hans Etzrodt
Mein Leben als Rennfahrer (1940?),
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Posted 24 March 2004 - 23:32
I have that same sentence in Dutch in "Mijn leven als coureur" (Spectrum, 1963) which as a title is an exact translation of "Mein Leben als Rennfahrer" - but is a translation of his later biography "Meine Welt" (Limes, 1958)! Perhaps your sentence is from an English translation of that later autobiography too?Originally posted by Vitesse2
Not in the English edition (at least not in so many words) : it says that was the moment he knew "the day would come when she would be with me forever." Then later the marriage is mentioned in passing, but with no details.
Or is "Meine Welt" just an updated extension of "Mein Leben als Rennfahrer"?
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Posted 24 March 2004 - 23:48
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Posted 25 March 2004 - 01:22
If we for once want to believe Alfred Neubauer in Männer, Frauen und Motoren, where he tells us that Caracciola and Charly had wanted to marry before. But Rudi had said only under the condition that, quote:" You shall not have a little car salesman as a husband. Before that I have to win a really big race. I have to prove that I can do more than the others. And I don't want that people whisper behind our backs: That is the poor little salesman, who has married the daughter of a millionaire..."Originally posted by Vitesse2
...Presumably the German GP victory prize money meant he had enough to not only open his Mercedes dealership but also to get married.