{"id":14095,"date":"2022-12-13T12:13:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T11:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.stadtmuseum.de\/?post_type=story&#038;p=14095"},"modified":"2022-12-13T12:26:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T11:26:52","slug":"start-and-glory-days","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/staging.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/story\/start-and-glory-days","title":{"rendered":"Start and \u201cglory\u201d days"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"block block-header-story block-zero-margin\" >\n\t<div class=\"block-header-story-bg\">\n\t\t<div class=\"block-header-story-bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-header-story-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template data-id=\"6963\">\n\t\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_6a273bf95aaef\" data-md-src=\"https:\/\/staging.stadtmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/a115_avus_torhaus_autobahn_rennbahn-300x188.jpeg\" data-md-alt=\"Torhaus\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n{\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"a115_avus_torhaus_autobahn_rennbahn-300x188.jpeg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":188,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":12981},\"small\":{\"file\":\"a115_avus_torhaus_autobahn_rennbahn-440x276.jpeg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":276,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":23929},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"a115_avus_torhaus_autobahn_rennbahn-580x364.jpeg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":364,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":37196},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"a115_avus_torhaus_autobahn_rennbahn-720x452.jpeg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":452,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":51915},\"original\":{\"file\":\"a115_avus_torhaus_autobahn_rennbahn.jpeg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":471}},\n\"alt\" : \"Torhaus\",\n\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : null,\n\"hls\" : \"\",\n\"hls_autoplay\" : \"\",\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : {\"x\":0.56,\"y\":0.49},\n\"background\" : true,\n\"scale\" : 2,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}\n<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:62.8%;  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<lazy-media v-if=\"sizes\" :inline=\"true\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :scale=\"scale\" :zoom=\"zoom\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :hls=\"hls\" :hls-autoplay=\"hlsAutoplay\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :annotations=\"annotations\" :background=\"background\"><\/lazy-media>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"lazy-info-on-grid \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"figcaption-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-label\">N\u00f6rdliches Torhaus, historische Ansichtskarte, undatiert \n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">\u00a9 Sammlung eAUTOBAHN.de\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/lazy-media-inline>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-header-story-bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"block-header-story-fg\">\n\t\t<div class=\"block-header-story-fg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid block-header-story-fg-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row middle-xs center-xs block-header-story-fg-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"zeplin-subHead01 has-invert-color margin-bottom-half\">Start and \u201cglory\u201d days<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" has-highlight-color\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"zeplin-category\">von<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.stadtmuseum.de\/autor\/florenz-heldermann\" class=\"has-highlight-color text-decoration-none zeplin-category\">Florenz Heldermann<\/a>, \n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/autor\/florenz-heldermann-2\" class=\"has-highlight-color text-decoration-none zeplin-category\">Florenz Heldermann<\/a>, \n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/autor\/florenz-heldermann-en\" class=\"has-highlight-color text-decoration-none zeplin-category\">Florenz Heldermann<\/a>, \n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/autor\/ines-hahn-2\" class=\"has-highlight-color text-decoration-none zeplin-category\">Ines Hahn<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-headline\" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-headline has-highlight-color block-no-margin\" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7 col-md-offset-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"h3\">The AVUS, part 1<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy settings-intend\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7 col-md-offset-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The history of the AVUS begins in January 1909 with the founding of the Automobil-Verkehrs- und \u00dcbungsstra\u00dfe GmbH by affluent, private car owners and members of the automotive industry. The reason was the poor performance by German vehicles in previous races compared with the international competition. A \u201cCar-Only-Road\u201d for practice, test and racing purposes was needed, because at that time the few motorised vehicles still shared the roads with pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages, and increasingly they were getting into one another&#8217;s way. The AVUS was to address this problem and facilitate the competitiveness of the German automobile industry, just as already happening in Great Britain and the USA.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Construction work started in 1913. The race track was due to be opened in autumn 1914. Just before it was completed, however, the First World War began and the track was abandoned for several years. After 1918, there was no question of removing the damage caused by neglect. It was only on the initiative of private investors that the AVUS could be finished and on 24<sup>th<\/sup> September 1921 finally inaugurated with the staging of a two-day motor race.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-standard-image block-standard-image-small\">\n\t\t<div class=\"block-standard-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template data-id=\"6972\">\n\t\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_6a273bf95cf7b\" data-md-src=\"https:\/\/staging.stadtmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fritz_v_opel_1921_auf_der_avus_b-300x194.jpeg\" data-md-alt=\"Ein Mann in der Rennmaske\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n{\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"fritz_v_opel_1921_auf_der_avus_b-300x194.jpeg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":194,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":14637},\"original\":{\"file\":\"fritz_v_opel_1921_auf_der_avus_b.jpeg\",\"width\":350,\"height\":226}},\n\"alt\" : \"Ein Mann in der Rennmaske\",\n\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : null,\n\"hls\" : \"\",\n\"hls_autoplay\" : \"\",\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : null,\n\"background\" : false,\n\"scale\" : 1,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}\n<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:64.571428571429%;  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<lazy-media v-if=\"sizes\" :inline=\"true\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :scale=\"scale\" :zoom=\"zoom\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :hls=\"hls\" :hls-autoplay=\"hlsAutoplay\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :annotations=\"annotations\" :background=\"background\"><\/lazy-media>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"figcaption-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-label\">Fritz von Opel wearing a racing mask, historical picture postcard, 1921<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">\u00a9 Collection eAUTOBAHN.de <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/lazy-media-inline>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy settings-intend\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The AVUS was opened on 24<sup>th<\/sup> and 25<sup>th<\/sup> September 1921, fittingly with a race weekend, just five days after it had been made ready. Each day around 300,000 spectators attended the races. From the outset, the AVUS was a crowd puller although no international drivers were represented at these opening races; this is because there was still a boycott in place by the victorious powers in the wake of the First World War.\u00a0Fritz von Opel was the first racing driver to cross the finish line, and would later go on to cause a sensation in his rocket-propelled car, the \u201cRAK2\u201d.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-media block-media-center\">\n\t\t<div class=\"block-standard-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-bottom-atom\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"h4\">Opel Raketenantriebsprogramm &#8211; Rocket Propulsion Program, 1928\/1929<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template data-id=\"6976\">\n\t\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_6a273bf95d499\" data-md-src=\"https:\/\/staging.stadtmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-02-at-17.37.40-e1667407378940-300x169.png\" data-md-alt=\"M\u00e4nner schieben einen Rennwagen\" data-md-href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rIPsgkoOukk&amp;t=10s\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n{\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"Screenshot-2022-11-02-at-17.37.40-e1667407378940-300x169.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":169,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/png\",\"filesize\":81521},\"large\":{\"file\":\"Screenshot-2022-11-02-at-17.37.40-e1667407378940-1024x575.png\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":575,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/png\",\"filesize\":670700},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"Screenshot-2022-11-02-at-17.37.40-e1667407378940-768x431.png\",\"width\":768,\"height\":431,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/png\",\"filesize\":395906},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"Screenshot-2022-11-02-at-17.37.40-e1667407378940-1536x863.png\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":863,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/png\",\"filesize\":1467757},\"2048x2048\":{\"file\":\"Screenshot-2022-11-02-at-17.37.40-2048x1031.png\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":1031,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/png\",\"filesize\":1932323},\"small\":{\"file\":\"Screenshot-2022-11-02-at-17.37.40-e1667407378940-440x247.png\",\"width\":440,\"height\":247,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/png\",\"filesize\":153503},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"Screenshot-2022-11-02-at-17.37.40-e1667407378940-580x326.png\",\"width\":580,\"height\":326,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/png\",\"filesize\":243978},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"Screenshot-2022-11-02-at-17.37.40-e1667407378940-720x404.png\",\"width\":720,\"height\":404,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/png\",\"filesize\":351112},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"Screenshot-2022-11-02-at-17.37.40-e1667407378940-1280x719.png\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":719,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/png\",\"filesize\":1031106},\"full\":{\"file\":\"Screenshot-2022-11-02-at-17.37.40-e1667407210525-1920x1058.png\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1058,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/png\",\"filesize\":2161453},\"original\":{\"file\":\"Screenshot-2022-11-02-at-17.37.40-e1667407378940.png\",\"width\":1921,\"height\":1079}},\n\"alt\" : \"M\\u00e4nner schieben einen Rennwagen\",\n\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : \"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/watch?v=rIPsgkoOukk&t=10s\",\n\"hls\" : \"\",\n\"hls_autoplay\" : \"\",\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : null,\n\"background\" : false,\n\"scale\" : 1,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}\n<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.168662155128%; 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This did not happen without a cost however. With the first road also came the first toll. The ticket for a single journey cost ten reichsmark and was available for purchase from both gatehouses at the northern and southern end of the stretch of road. 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Motor races and other more minor races served to \u201cplug the gap\u201d until 1926, with the German Grand Prix, the next major event was carried out on the AVUS. Hundreds of thousands turned out once more in order to share in the experience of the competition.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-standard-image block-standard-image-medium\">\n\t\t<div class=\"block-standard-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template data-id=\"6990\">\n\t\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_6a273bf95e46f\" data-md-src=\"https:\/\/staging.stadtmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ge_2005str192_vf2-300x219.jpeg\" data-md-alt=\"Motorradrennen Deutscher Motorsport Verband auf der Avus\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n{\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"ge_2005str192_vf2-300x219.jpeg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":219,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":16425},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"ge_2005str192_vf2-768x562.jpeg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":562,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":79998},\"small\":{\"file\":\"ge_2005str192_vf2-440x322.jpeg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":322,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":31076},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"ge_2005str192_vf2-580x424.jpeg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":424,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":49827},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"ge_2005str192_vf2-720x527.jpeg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":527,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":72159},\"original\":{\"file\":\"ge_2005str192_vf2.jpeg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":585}},\n\"alt\" : \"Motorradrennen Deutscher Motorsport Verband auf der Avus\",\n\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : null,\n\"hls\" : \"\",\n\"hls_autoplay\" : \"\",\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : null,\n\"background\" : false,\n\"scale\" : 1,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}\n<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:73.125%;  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<lazy-media v-if=\"sizes\" :inline=\"true\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :scale=\"scale\" :zoom=\"zoom\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :hls=\"hls\" :hls-autoplay=\"hlsAutoplay\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :annotations=\"annotations\" :background=\"background\"><\/lazy-media>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  \t<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"figcaption-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-label\">Motorcycle racing by D.M.V. 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A young German driver made a name for himself in this race for the first time:\u00a0Rudolf Caracciola.\u00a0He went on to win in his Mercedes-Benz and, with an average speed of 154.8 kph, set a new track record\u00a0\u2013 despite adverse track conditions with heavy rain, which earned him the respectful name of \u201cRegenmeister\u201d [rain master].<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-media block-media-center\">\n\t\t<div class=\"block-standard-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-bottom-atom\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"h4\">1926 German Gran Prix Win for Caracciola<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template data-id=\"6992\">\n\t\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_6a273bf95e8b1\" data-md-src=\"https:\/\/staging.stadtmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-02-at-18.05.04-e1667409197520-300x169.png\" data-md-alt=\"German Gran Prix Win for Caracciola\" data-md-href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=swQv4uSb-EE&amp;t=4s\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n{\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"Screenshot-2022-11-02-at-18.05.04-e1667409197520-300x169.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":169,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/png\",\"filesize\":67173},\"large\":{\"file\":\"Screenshot-2022-11-02-at-18.05.04-e1667409197520-1024x575.png\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":575,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/png\",\"filesize\":511126},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"Screenshot-2022-11-02-at-18.05.04-e1667409197520-768x432.png\",\"width\":768,\"height\":432,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/png\",\"filesize\":310042},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"Screenshot-2022-11-02-at-18.05.04-e1667409197520-1536x863.png\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":863,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/png\",\"filesize\":1095247},\"2048x2048\":{\"file\":\"Screenshot-2022-11-02-at-18.05.04-e1667409197520-2048x1151.png\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":1151,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/png\",\"filesize\":2007965},\"small\":{\"file\":\"Screenshot-2022-11-02-at-18.05.04-e1667409197520-440x247.png\",\"width\":440,\"height\":247,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/png\",\"filesize\":124143},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"Screenshot-2022-11-02-at-18.05.04-e1667409197520-580x326.png\",\"width\":580,\"height\":326,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/png\",\"filesize\":196014},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"Screenshot-2022-11-02-at-18.05.04-e1667409197520-720x405.png\",\"width\":720,\"height\":405,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/png\",\"filesize\":279297},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"Screenshot-2022-11-02-at-18.05.04-e1667409197520-1280x719.png\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":719,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/png\",\"filesize\":774991},\"full\":{\"file\":\"Screenshot-2022-11-02-at-18.05.04-e1667409197520-1920x1079.png\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1079,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/png\",\"filesize\":1733463},\"original\":{\"file\":\"Screenshot-2022-11-02-at-18.05.04-e1667409197520.png\",\"width\":2461,\"height\":1383}},\n\"alt\" : \"German Gran Prix Win for Caracciola\",\n\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : \"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/watch?v=swQv4uSb-EE&t=4s\",\n\"hls\" : \"\",\n\"hls_autoplay\" : \"\",\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : null,\n\"background\" : false,\n\"scale\" : 1,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}\n<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.19666802113%;  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<lazy-media v-if=\"sizes\" :inline=\"true\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :scale=\"scale\" :zoom=\"zoom\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :hls=\"hls\" :hls-autoplay=\"hlsAutoplay\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :annotations=\"annotations\" :background=\"background\"><\/lazy-media>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"figcaption-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-label\">German Gran Prix Win for Caracciola, 1926<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">\u00a9 King Rose Archives <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/lazy-media-inline>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy settings-intend\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Notwithstanding this success, the \u201cGrand Prix\u201d was plagued by ill fortune which seriously damaged the reputation of the AVUS. Four people, a driver and three helpers, died in a spate of accidents. The asphalt used on the AVUS released oils during wet weather and this resulted in a very slippery track. Even now, it was no longer considered appropriate, and from that point on, the German Grand Prix was carried out on the N\u00fcrburgring in the Eifel which was opened in 1927.\u00a0Races on the AVUS did not take place again until 1931, and it was here that the \u201crain master\u201d was able to increase his own lap record of 1926 by approximately 30 kph.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-headline has-highlight-color block-no-margin\" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7 col-md-offset-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"h3\">Exploitation by the Nazis<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy settings-intend\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7 col-md-offset-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 1932 and 1933, it was the foreign drivers who earned victories in the AVUS races. Something which naturally was not to the liking of the National Socialists who had been in power since 1933. They wanted to exploit enthusiasm for motor sports and \u201cdemonstrate\u201d the alleged supremacy of the Germans. Subsequently, they invested a lot of money into funding motor racing and domestic vehicle manufacturers. The era of the famous \u201cSilver Arrows\u201d began, Mercedes Benz performance racing cars in metallic aluminium, which was unusual for the time. Increasingly powerful engines, guaranteeing greater and greater speeds. At around 350 kph these exceeded current Formula 1 speeds.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-standard-image block-standard-image-medium\">\n\t\t<div class=\"block-standard-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template data-id=\"7000\">\n\t\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_6a273bf95ee52\" data-md-src=\"https:\/\/staging.stadtmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cronerneg1937_11121-300x195.jpeg\" data-md-alt=\"Zuschauer auf der Avus-Trib\u00fcn\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n{\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"cronerneg1937_11121-300x195.jpeg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":195,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":17107},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"cronerneg1937_11121-768x498.jpeg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":498,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":81722},\"small\":{\"file\":\"cronerneg1937_11121-440x285.jpeg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":285,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":32330},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"cronerneg1937_11121-580x376.jpeg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":376,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":51536},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"cronerneg1937_11121-720x467.jpeg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":467,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":74061},\"original\":{\"file\":\"cronerneg1937_11121.jpeg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":519}},\n\"alt\" : \"Zuschauer auf der Avus-Trib\\u00fcn\",\n\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : null,\n\"hls\" : \"\",\n\"hls_autoplay\" : \"\",\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : null,\n\"background\" : false,\n\"scale\" : 1,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}\n<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:64.875%;  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<lazy-media v-if=\"sizes\" :inline=\"true\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :scale=\"scale\" :zoom=\"zoom\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :hls=\"hls\" :hls-autoplay=\"hlsAutoplay\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :annotations=\"annotations\" :background=\"background\"><\/lazy-media>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  \t<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"figcaption-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-label\">Spectators on the AVUS stand, 1937<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">\u00a9 Stadtmuseum Berlin | Photo: Harry Croner  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/lazy-media-inline>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy settings-intend\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The grandstand, which is still visible to this day, was built in 1936 between the AVUS and the Messedamm. At 200 metres in length, it provided room for around 4,000 people. At the same time as the stand, the old north loop was replaced by a massive 8-metre-high and 18-metre-wide banking. For decades, it made the AVUS the world\u2019s fastest track because the drivers hardly had to decelerate into the straights, and this became a hallmark of its legendary status. This section of the track was also extremely dangerous however. The centrifugal forces pinned the cars to the outer edge of the racing track and made the curve extremely perilous. In the ensuing years, several racing drivers were to lose their lives here. The opening race on the AVUS was though the final major race for a long time, following the successful reconstruction work in 1937. The Second World War put a premature end to race operations. In 1939, the hitherto private AVUS was sold to the German Reich and in 1940 connected to the Berlin ring road. It was used exclusively for road traffic until the end of the war in 1945.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-standard-image block-standard-image-large\">\n\t\t\t<div >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template data-id=\"7002\">\n\t\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_6a273bf95f23d\" data-md-src=\"https:\/\/staging.stadtmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/a115_avus_nordkurve_autobahn_rennbahn_74-300x187.jpeg\" data-md-alt=\"Nordkurve mit Torhaus, Zielrichterkomplex und Haupttrib\u00fcne, historische Ansichtskarte\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n{\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"a115_avus_nordkurve_autobahn_rennbahn_74-300x187.jpeg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":187,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":19144},\"small\":{\"file\":\"a115_avus_nordkurve_autobahn_rennbahn_74-440x275.jpeg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":275,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":37038},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"a115_avus_nordkurve_autobahn_rennbahn_74-580x362.jpeg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":362,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":59342},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"a115_avus_nordkurve_autobahn_rennbahn_74-720x449.jpeg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":449,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":84172},\"original\":{\"file\":\"a115_avus_nordkurve_autobahn_rennbahn_74.jpeg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":468}},\n\"alt\" : \"Nordkurve mit Torhaus, Zielrichterkomplex und Haupttrib\\u00fcne, historische Ansichtskarte\",\n\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : null,\n\"hls\" : \"\",\n\"hls_autoplay\" : \"\",\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : null,\n\"background\" : false,\n\"scale\" : 1,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}\n<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:62.4%;  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<lazy-media v-if=\"sizes\" :inline=\"true\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :scale=\"scale\" :zoom=\"zoom\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :hls=\"hls\" :hls-autoplay=\"hlsAutoplay\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :annotations=\"annotations\" :background=\"background\"><\/lazy-media>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  \t<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"figcaption-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-label\">North curve with gatehouse, finish line complex and grandstand, historical picture postcard, 1937<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">\u00a9 Collection eAUTOBAHN.de <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/lazy-media-inline>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-teaser dont-filter block-teaser-article \" style=\"background-color: #FFFFFF\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid copy padding-bottom-third\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"zeplin-subHead02\">Weitere Beitr\u00e4ge<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid teaser-no-lane\"  data-parallax-stagger='{\"child\":\"li\",\"mask\":\".row\",\"split\":false,\"in\":{\"opacity\": [0,0],\"delay\":0},\"center\":{\"y\": [60,0],\"opacity\": [0,1],\"delay\":1,\"ease\":\"sine.out\"},\"out\":{\"opacity\": [1,0],\"delay\":0,\"ease\":\"sine.in\"}}'>\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li id=\"article_teaser_14092\" class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-3 teaser-wrapper padding-bottom-sixth teaser-article teaser-type-standard teaser-col-4\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/article\/the-avus\" class=\"teaser\">\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template data-id=\"35755\">\n\t\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_6a273bf960d62\" data-md-src=\"https:\/\/staging.stadtmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/avus-grosser-preis-von-deutschland-1959-300x233.jpg\" data-md-alt=\"Beim \u201eGro\u00dfen Preis von Deutschland\u201c auf der Avus winkt das Publikum den vorbeidonnernden Rennwagen zu, 2. 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Today, it forms the northern section of the A115 motorway. We tell its story.<\/p><div class=\"padding-top-sixth\"><span class=\"zeplin-metadata has-highlight-color\">Artikel, 2 min Lesezeit<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li id=\"article_teaser_8406\" class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-3 teaser-wrapper padding-bottom-sixth teaser-story teaser-type-standard teaser-col-4\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.stadtmuseum.de\/story\/wiederaufbau-nachkriegszeit-und-heute\" class=\"teaser\">\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template data-id=\"48716\">\n\t\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_6a273bf961990\" data-md-src=\"https:\/\/staging.stadtmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/avus-silberpfeile-1954-300x214.jpg\" data-md-alt=\"Drei silberne Rennwagen mit Fahrern und Mechanikern vor dem Start auf der Avus\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n{\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"avus-silberpfeile-1954-300x214.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":214,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":18153},\"large\":{\"file\":\"avus-silberpfeile-1954-1024x732.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":732,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":109213},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"avus-silberpfeile-1954-768x549.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":549,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":72242},\"small\":{\"file\":\"avus-silberpfeile-1954-440x314.jpg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":314,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":32266},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"avus-silberpfeile-1954-580x414.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":414,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":48106},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"avus-silberpfeile-1954-720x514.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":514,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":65658},\"original\":{\"file\":\"avus-silberpfeile-1954.jpg\",\"width\":1079,\"height\":771}},\n\"alt\" : \"Drei silberne Rennwagen mit Fahrern und Mechanikern vor dem Start auf der Avus\",\n\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : null,\n\"hls\" : \"\",\n\"hls_autoplay\" : \"\",\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : null,\n\"background\" : true,\n\"scale\" : 1,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}\n<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:71.455050973123%; 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