Original guest book of the "Haus Rupenhorn" in Berlin, seat of NS Sports Minister Tschammer von Osten during the Berlin 1936 Olympic Games from July to August 1936. Before and during the 1936 Olympic Games, Tschammer von Osten gave numerous receptions in this house for high-ranking visitors to the Olympics in Berlin. The prominent visitors to these events signed their names in the guest book. From July 8, 1936 to August 16, 1936 there were various meetings with Tschammer von Osten in this new building built for the Olympics. Over 700 international and national personalities from sports, politics, business and art signed 68 pages in this guest book. The 23 events are all dated. UNIQUE!!!! 68 pages of handmade paper. Hand-tied brown marocine leather with gold embossing, 30x23.5 cm
--Signatures include IOC presidents: 3x Comte Henry de Baillet Latour (1876-1942; 3rd IOC president); Avery Brundage /1887-1975; 5th IOC President); Sigfrid Edström (4th IOC President); IOC members: Marquis de Polignac (Olympia Paris 1924, William May Garland (Olympia Los Angeles 1932), Lord Aberdare and many others; High-ranking international sports officials: Carl Diem, Dr. Lewald, Dr. Karl Ritter von Halt, Felix Linnemann (1882-1948 ; DFB President); Rous Stanley (FIFA President); Peco Bauwens (DFB President post-war; German national player); Count Alberto Bonacossa (1883-1953) ect.; German government members and high officials of the Nazi dictatorship: Heinrich Himmler; Kube (Gauleiter Berlin), Lammers (Head of the Reich Chancellery), Julius Streicher (Gauleiter Nuremberg), Baldur von Schirach (HJ leader) and many others. Athletes: 3x Lord Burghley (1905-1981; Olympic track and field champion in 1928 and Olympic runner-up in 1932); Max Schmeling (world boxing champion); Erwin Casmir (1895-1982; 1928 silver, 1936 2x bronze); Gerhard Bock (1879-1945; world shooting champion 1909); Gotthard Handrick (1908-1978; gold 1936 pentathlon); Luigi Beccali (1907-1990; gold 1932; bronze 1936); Mario Lanzi (1914-1980, silver 1932); Arthur Porrit (1904-1994; bronze 1924); “Heinz” Pollay (1908-1979; 1936 2x gold); Victor Boin (1886-1974; 1908, 1912, 1920 each silver); Paul Anspach (1882-1981; 1908-1924 several medals); and many others. Artists, nobility, Olympic jury members, international ambassadors; Business leaders.
--The Olympia house "Haus Rupenhorn" is one with history, although not a glorious one. It was built for the 1936 Olympic Games based on a design by Walther Wickop. It was used by the Nazi sports minister during the 1936 Olympic Games and was moved into by Siemens managers after the Olympic Games. The house still exists today.
Provience: The guest book remained in the Ruprecht house after the move from Tschammer and Osten in 1936, was stored there and rediscovered sometime after the war. On August 20, 1997, this guest book was auctioned at Christie's auction house in London. The guest book then remained in the buyer's collection to this day. Condition: B
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