Title: Olympic gold 1936
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.
Subjects: African American atheletes, Photography, Juvenile literature, Olympics, Owens, jesse, 1913-1980, Owens, jesse, 1913-1980, juvenile literature, Photography, juvenile literature, Photojournalism
Places: Berlin, Germany
People: Heinrich Hoffman, Jesse Owens, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)
Time periods: 1936