Manfred Georg Rudolf von Brauchitsch was a German auto racing driver who drove for MercedesBenz in the famous Silver Arrows of Grand Prix motor racing in the 1930s.
Brauchitsch was born in Hamburg, of an old military family . He entered the German Reichswehr after World War I, but after a serious accident he was invalided out in 1928. Due to his many racing injuries, he was rejected for military service in World War II. While working during the war, he met his first wife, Gisela. He became a member of the National Socialist Motor Corps, in which he held the rank of Sturmfhrer.
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