Hugo Eckener
Extent and Medium
[22] p.
Envelope 5/123 ; microfilm reel 059 ; Frames 1263 - 1290
Scope and Content
"Dr. Hugo Eckener (10 August 1868 – 14 August 1954) was the manager of the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin during the inter-war years, and also the commander of the famous Graf Zeppelin for most of its record-setting flights, including the first airship flight around the world, making him the most successful airship commander in history. An anti-Nazi who was invited to campaign as a moderate in the German presidential elections, he was blacklisted by that regime and eventually sidelined." -- Wikipedia.
Newspaper clippings, biographical information, correspondence.
Note(s)
Detailed dates of material: 1945, 1947-1950, 1952-1954.
People
- Eckener, Hugo, 1868-1954
Subjects
- Air pilots--Germany--Biography
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