Background
At the age of twelve, his mother died and he was forced to stay at home, working for his father"s company.
At the age of twelve, his mother died and he was forced to stay at home, working for his father"s company.
Ewald Kluge had a difficult upbringing. At fourteen, he sought a teaching position but was unsuccessful and ended up washing cars, which led to an apprenticeship as a mechanic in a garage. At the age of nineteen he was made redundant and started working as a taxi driver in Dresden.
Foreign 800 Reichsmarks Kluge bought a Dunelt motorcycle in which he entered the 1929 Freiberger Dreiecksrennen, starting first and finishing in third place.
Over the next few years, Kluge rode a private DKW before joining the DKW works team in 1934 as a mechanic and backup rider. During World World War II, Kluge was a Sergeant in Leipzig at the school for army motorisation in Wünsdorf.
In 1943, he was released from his role at the request of Auto Union, for whom he went to work in their testing department. After the war, the Russians denounced him as a Nazi and between 1946 and 1949 he was imprisoned in People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs Special Camp Number.
1. From 1950, Kluge was once again a rider for DKW, often riding in both the 250 cc and 350 cc classes.
In 1952, Kluge competed at the German Grand Prix, finishing fifth in the 350 cc race and fourth in the 250 cc race. In 1953 he had a serious crash at the Nürburgring in which he fractured his thigh, ending his riding career. Later he worked in public relations for Auto Union.
Kluge died on 19 August 1964 from cancer.
In Ingolstadt and Weixdorf, there are streets named after Kluge. At AVUS in Berlin, there is a monument to him.
In 1935 he was made a full member of the works team