Golden Book of Aviators (1938)
The Golden Book of the Aviators was a German-language book , which was updated with entries by particularly noteworthy people, and was thus a non-acceptable award of the Luftwaffe of the Wehrmacht in the Third Reich .
Background to the creation of this award
The book was donated by Hermann Göring with a decree of April 14, 1938 and was intended to "recognize and commemorate those men of aviation who have distinguished themselves through particularly bold and fearless deeds in the air service". The considered people came from both the military, z. B. from the Rechlin test center , as well as from civil aviation, such as from Deutsche Lufthansa . The inclusion in the book was possible retrospectively since the establishment of the Luftwaffe within the Wehrmacht.
The entry was included in the personal papers as an award. The Aviator's Golden Book was open to the public in the "Hall of Honor" of the Reich Aviation Ministry in Berlin .
By the end of the National Socialist regime, the Aviator's Golden Book comprised a total of 35 names, including Ernst A. Lehmann , who was killed in the Lakehurst airship disaster in 1937 , and the commandant and survivor of the crashed LZ 129 Hindenburg, Captain Max Pruss .
literature
- Kurt-Gerhard Klietmann : Awards of the German Reich , 11th edition, Motorbuch, Stuttgart 2004, pages 54–55, ISBN 978-3-87943-689-7 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Rudolf Absolon: The Wehrmacht in the Third Reich: August 3, 1934 to February 4, 1938 . Boldt, 1975, ISBN 978-3-7646-1567-3 , pp. 241 ( google.de [accessed on March 6, 2020]).
- ↑ a b Illustrated newspaper . April 1938, p. 815 ( google.de [accessed on March 6, 2020]).
- ^ Wilhelm PBR Saris: Deutsche Lufthansa 1926-1945: History, clothing, badges . Patzwall, January 1999, p. 200 ( google.de [accessed on March 6, 2020]).