Olympic Gold 1936: How the Image of Jesse Owens Crushed Hitler's Evil Myth, Michael Burgan
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Olympic Gold 1936: How the Image of Jesse Owens Crushed Hitler's Evil Myth

Author: Michael Burgan

Series: Captured History Sports

Narrator: Various Narrators

Unabridged: 1 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook

Publisher: Findaway

Published: 08/10/2017

Genre: Children & Young Adults Nonfiction - Social Science

Synopsis

Jesse Owens’ gold-medal winning feats at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin struck a mighty propaganda blow against Adolf Hitler. The Nazi leader had planned to use the German games as a showcase of supposed Aryan superiority. Instead, there was American black athlete Owens on the podium being photographed by Hitler’s personal photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann. In addition, Owens would figure prominently in the groundbreaking film Olympia by Hitler’s favorite director Leni Riefenstahl. Photo and film captured Owens’ stunning success and revealed how wrong Hitler was in his beliefs.

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