JESSE OWENS
The 1936 Olympic was a great sport. The most popular game then, that everybody loved and cherished. but it wasn't very nice to not let the Jews and blacks race or participate in the games just because they were Jews and blacks. Jesse Owens was one of the best runners in the world. Guess what he was a black guy. So this is how the story starts.
In the year of 1913,Jesse Owens moved to Cleveland with his family when her was only in fourth grade. Jesse Owens one the 100- meter dash, 200- meter dash, board jumping, and also led the winning of the 400- meter dash, relay team of.   No one cam close to Owens dominance until Carl Lewis the four gold medals in the year of 1984 four years after Owens death. All four gold that Owens had gave him the juice he needed. he needed the juice to claim the Athletic supremacy-an their arrange Adolf Hitler.
 

"All Americans should get blamed for letting the Negro's win the medals for them" said Fuhrer. When Owens was standing at the victory plat form waiting to receive his medal and the Fuhrer said "I shall not shake hands with a Negro. and do you really think that I will allow myself to be photographed shacking hands with a Negro." SO rude! Jesse Owens died in 1980, and there was a quote for jesses death. "thanks Jesse for staying on track."

ADOLF HITLER
The Olympic games have never been put to more sinister uses than by Adolf Hitler in Berlin. Hitler ruined the Olympics. he also inherited games that have already been awarded to Berlin.
Adolf Hitler Elected chancellor in 1933. The Olympics helped Hitler and his people to create a positive image for his chancellors. The image of the chancellorship gave him an image of a successful statement.
One winter day in 1996, it was icy-wind around Berlin's Olympic Stadium. The Stadium Brought tears to Ruth Hoffman-Halbsguth eyes. Ruth Hoffman-Halbsguth loved the moment when she stood at the edge of the pool, where in 1936 she helped win a silver medal for her country.
In 1936 Ann Arbor Mich Set the world record by running less than an hour in four different events. Ann Arbor Mich also became the drama. And for the very first time Olympic events and other events were shown live on TV In the summer of 1936 with Nazisman on the Rise and WWll on the horizon and all connections between sports and Radeial politics got to reach the top point.
As people show up at the Olympic Stadium. They stood with a Madam who would soon lose his dogs of war. The very last day of the games was great, more than 120,000 spectators came to the Olympic Stadium.

So, you see that when the Olympics came to town they really didn't like Negro's to be in the Olympics Games. And how almost every body came to watch the games. And how important it was. It wasn't like football or softball or any kinds of sports like that it was the 1936 Olympics.

 

 

Kayla Johnston

7th Social Studies

Rossville Jr. High

Holocaust Project

2004

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