16 agos 1936 anni - Berlin Olympics

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The 1936 Berlin Olympic Games were more than just a worldwide sporting event, it was show of Nazi propaganda.

Hitler however got annoyed when Jesse Owens (a black man) beat his 'Aryan' computer in the 100m he also disallowed Sam Stoller and Marty Glickman who were two jewish runners in the US team. Hitler would not allow any jewish competitors and so Jesse Owens ran for them with another substitue and won the 4x100m relay winning gold. Owens always though bad of this moment however explaining he 'stole their gold medals'.

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