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| Subject: | Walther Spielberger died today 10th February 2005 |  |
| Date: | Feb 11, 2005 |
| From: | Bjoern Tingstadengen | |
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Walther Spielberger died today 10th February 2005
February 10 2005 at 10:41 AM Hilary Louis Doyle
It is with great regret that I have to announce the death of Walter J. Spielberger.
Anyone with an interest in the development of German Armour knows that Walter was one of the “Founding Fathers” of our hobby. As a schoolboy, already with a deep interest in motorisation, he was sent on a part release programme to the design and assembly firm Alkett in Berlin. Then followed years of front line and technical experience with Panzers. Most of his collection of Panzer material was lost at the end of the war and while he was a prisoner until 1947. In the late Fifties he began to work with a number of close friends to document and put some order on what little Panzer information was available at that time. His articles were published in the magazine Feldgrau and then incorporated as the history section of 2nd edition of Die Deutschen Panzer 1926-1945 by F. M. von Senger und Etterlin in 1965.
He was responsible for more than 40 large books and continued to write and incorporate the latest research in his Militaerfahrzeuge Series (Motorbuch) until 1998 when his health failed. His coverage of the automotive aspects is un-rivalled and his books are the source of information for many of today’s writers.
May he rest in peace.
Hilary Louis Doyle |
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