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PILOT ERNST UDET AUTOGRAPHED AMERICAN PROGRAM
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AUTOGRAPHED SOUVENIR
PROGRAM FROM THE UDET
EVENING AT THE
GERMANIA CLUB IN
CHICAGO , ILLINOIS USA
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| This is an incredibly rare 5-1/4 x 8 inch, autographed program from the ,,Udet Ehrung Begrüssungsabend’’ (Evening of Honor for Udet) which took place on 2 September 1933 in the club house of the Germania Club in Chicago, Illinois. No German pilot of the era was better known or more highly thought of than Ernst Udet. The printed program for the evening consists of twelve pages of information and advertising for those who attended. |
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| The program was personally autographed by Ernst Udet with a red pencil just to the left of his photograph on the front cover. |
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| Born in Frankfurt am Main on 26 April 1896, Ernst Udet rose to fame during World War I in the Von Richthofen Squadron. Oberleutnant Udet was the second-highest scoring German ace of World War I, the leading surviving ace, and the youngest ace, age 22 when the war ended in 1918. He was awarded Germany's highest military honor, the Ordre pour le Mérite, the "Blue Max." |
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| With Leni Riefenstahl, Udet appeared in the movies "Die weiße Hölle von Piz Palü" (1929), "Stürme über dem Mont Blanc" (1930) and "SOS Eisberg" (1933), all were box office successes. At the same time, his daring acrobatics during air shows in Europe and the USA made him an international star. On 1 May 1933 he joined the NSDAP, in June 1936 he became the Head of the Luftwaffe Technical Department, in 1938 he set a new world record in a Heinkel He 100 (634 kmph - 393 mph), on 1 February 1939 Göring awarded him the title of Generalluftzeugmeister, on 1 July 1940 he received the Knights Cross. On 17 November 1941 he committed suicide in his Dienstvilla in Berlin. He was buried at the Berlin Invaliden Cemetery. |
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| The second page of the program we offer for sale (shown above) contains the evening’s events which included the signing of the “Star Spangled Banner” and the “Horst Wessel Lied” among other musical interludes.
Udet spoke to those gathered as did General Consul Dr. R. Jäger.
Page 3 is a picture of the Chancellor of the German Nation, Adolf Hitler. The words to the “Horst Wessel Lied” (Die Fahne Hoch!) are on page 4 so that everybody could sing along.
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| There is advertising from the Nazi Ortsgruppe Chicago, the German World War Veterans Union, the Chicago branch of Der Stahlhelm, North German Lloyd, the Deutscher Handlungsgehilfen Verband of Chicago, Hamburg-Amerika Line, the Chicago branch of Deutsche Frauenschaft, etc. The back page suggests a visit to ,,Das schöne Deutschland’’, an attraction at 622 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago. |
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This very, very rare 70+ year old brochure is **SOLD**.
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