Nazi Germany 1936, Jesse Owens won four gold medals in the Berlin Olympics in front of Adolf Hitler

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image showing Nazi Germany 1936, Jesse Owens won four gold medals in the Berlin Olympics in front of Adolf Hitler

SensiFifa on December 3rd, 2022 at 13:17 UTC »

And, ironically, Hitler treated him well. Once he got back to America he wasn't even sent a telegram or invited to the White House after winning FOUR GOLDS for his country.

Relevant QI bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWWk1Plf5Ak&ab\_channel=QI

jlujgc on December 3rd, 2022 at 13:18 UTC »

And then he returned back to segregated and racist US, forced to work at a gas station and publicity stunts like racing horses.

heytheretaylor on December 3rd, 2022 at 14:49 UTC »

No one is talking about Luz Long and Jesse Owens! The German guy in the photo was Luz Long and he and Owens became fast friends at the Olympics. They kept in touch for years after the games and my absolute favorite, heartbreakingly beautiful quotes about friendship came from the last letter Long sent to Owens.

“I am here, Jesse, where it seems there is only the dry sand and the wet blood. I do not fear so much for myself, my friend Jesse, I fear for my woman who is home, and my young son Karl, who has never really known his father.

My heart tells me, if I be honest with you, that this is the last letter I shall ever write. If it is so, I ask you something. It is something so very important to me. It is you go to Germany when this war is done, someday find my Karl, and tell him about his father. Tell him, Jesse, what times were like when we were not separated by war. I am saying – tell him how things can be between men on this earth.”