Jesse Owens – who set four world records in a college meet with Ohio State in 1935 – was a celebrity heading into the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Yet Owens faced racism at home and bigotry abroad ...

The 1936 Berlin Olympics were built to showcase Nazi power and racial superiority. But Jesse Owens’ four gold medals ...

Jesse Owens sprengte 1936 in Berlin die NS-Inszenierung mit vier Goldmedaillen. Schon vor den Spielen war der Sprinter und Weitspringer ein Phänomen, eine „Pistolenkugel von Ohio“, die in Ann Arbor ...

An Olympic gold medal won by sprinter Jesse Owens during the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany, is up for auction.

Igrzyska olimpijskie w stolicy III Rzeszy miały być tryumfem koncepcji wyższości rasy aryjskiej. Rasistowską propagandę ...

V roce 1936 americký atlet černé barvy pleti Jesse Owens získal na olympijských hrách v Berlíně, které byly pořádány německými nacisty, čtyři zlaté medaile. Owensova vítězství byla v ostrém kontrastu ...

In 1936, Carl Ludwig “Luz” Long was an Olympian who embodied the very ideal of the Nazi party. A tall, blue-eyed and blond 21-year-old, Long at the time held the European record for the long jump and ...

Novant’anni. È il tempo che separa il mondo da quel pomeriggio del 3 agosto 1936 in cui un ragazzo nero, nato in Alabama e cresciuto nell’America della segregazione, cominciò a demolire un’Olimpiade ...

U srcu nacističke Njemačke, na Olimpijskim igrama osmišljenim kao krunski dokaz arijevske superiornosti, jedan je čovjek srušio sve rasne mitove. No, dok je prkosio Hitleru, u vlastitoj domovini čekao ...

The US Jockey Club has ordered a racehorse to be renamed after ruling the animal’s name was a reference to Adolf Hitler. In a story first reported by Horse Racing Nation, Austrian Painter won its ...