Olympic gold 1936
Subtitle: how the image of Jesse Owens crushed Hitler's evil myth
By: by Michael Burgan
Series: Captured history. Sports
Publisher: Compass Point
Published: 2017
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780756555283
Subjects: African American atheletes; Photography; Juvenile literature; Olympics
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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