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Owens spoils Hitler’s party

February 21, 2010 America, Celebration, Celebrity, Character, Goals, Hero, History, Lessons, Motivational, Olympics, Perseverance, Sports, Track and Field Comments Off on Owens spoils Hitler’s party

Adolf Hitler at 1936 Olympics

Jesse Owens breaks records, debunks Aryan superiority.
-- By BRUCE LOWITT

The 1936 Berlin Olympics were to be Adolf Hitler's stage to validate Aryan superiority, the Nazis' belief in a master race. In three races and one long jump, American Jesse Owens, as much as anyone, laid waste that philosophy.