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Olympic Gold 1936

How the Image of Jesse Owens Crushed Hitler's Evil Myth

by Michael Burgan
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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.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Captured History Sports

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    January 1, 2017

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780756565367

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780756565367
      • File size: 12149 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 7.3
    • Lexile® Measure: 1080
    • Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    • Text Difficulty: 6-9

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Formats

  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:7.3
  • Lexile® Measure:1080
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:6-9

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