Nah, that cat was a famed Simson club car racer who founded some type of firm in 1934 and then capitalized in the post WWII chaos to rise to the top by providing the unknowing Russians with examples that were cobbled together from pre-WWII quality components. I could easily be mistaken, but I have strong suspicions that Otto Rief Suhl had Edgar Strempel or some other most talented mechanic under his thumb as well as being well supplied with Sauer & Simsom components. I would not doubt he traded components for effort. Then when the flew the coop, he lost his marks/pigeons and the Americans already had the market in the West and he was a small fish in a large pool and slipped into history. I find it interesting that Edgar Strempel assumed the same role supplying the Russians with examples utilizing the same components at the instance that Otto Reif took flight. Otto Rief still has some descendants that propagate his tale, but mostly about auto racing.
Kind Regards,
Raimey
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