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African American athletes Biography Glickman, Marty 1917-2001 Jewish athletes United States Biography National socialism Philosophy Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany) Olympics Participation, American Owens, Jesse 1913-1980 Racism Germany History 20th century Stoller, Sam 1915-1983 Track and field athletes United States BiographyLarson, Erik.
Summary: In 1933, President Roosevelt personally selected William E. Dodd to be the United States ambassador to Nazi Germany. Dodd took his family with him, including his daughter Martha. Initially enamored with the Nazi party and its passion, Martha supported the Third Reich. However, when Hitler's violent policies became apparent, Martha changed her opinion and watched in horror. Here, author Erik...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2011
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 943.086 LARCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 943.086 LARSchaap, Jeremy.
Summary: In 1936, against a backdrop of swastikas flying and storm troopers goose-stepping, an African American son of sharecroppers won a staggering four Olympic gold medals and single-handedly crushed Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy. This is the intimate and complex tale of the courage of one remarkable man.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2007