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Revisionist history

posted 9 years ago by Josephh90-839-585894
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In actual history, Hitler admired and even congratulated the achievements of the black athletes at the olympics. But the makers of this movie won't mention this at all because it's inconvenient to them. Before the release of the first trailer of said movie, they tried censoring the article about Jesse Owens too:

Here is the internet archive mirror to see for yourself that they removed Hitler shaking hands and the stuff about the hotels right before the trailer: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Owens#Berlin_Olympicshttps://web.archive.org/web/20150509141845/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Owens

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[–] jedimcarr 8 years ago

bullcrap it is a fact, if you don't believe it go and shoot yourself to mars. Hitler had millions killed in the camps. There is video documentation and eye witnesses accounts include those from many of the executioners.

[–] GribbleShack 8 years ago

So where is this video documentation of these executions? I've seen my fair share of doctored holocaust pictures and forced testimonies but not yet have I seen actual video. Please do provide.

[–] bj_arni 8 years ago

there's plenty of eye witness accounts but no video documentation.

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[–] Je_suis_le_vampire_Lestat 8 years ago

Em nope he did not he went out of his way to snub one of the black athletes. Then was told you congratulate all the athletes or none, so he didn't even show up the day Owens was racing.

http://german.about.com/od/culture/fl/Did-Hitler-Really-Snub-Jesse-Owens-at-the-1936-Berlin-Olympics.htm

[–] Je_suis_le_vampire_Lestat 8 years ago

http://greyfalcon.us/The%201936%20Olympics.htm

[–] Bruce7 8 years ago

If you'll use the "Link" button, it will be easier for readers to pursue them.

Trivia

Owens won his fourth gold medal in the 4 × 100 m sprint relay when coach Dean Cromwell replaced Jewish-American sprinters Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller with Owens and Ralph Metcalfe, who teamed up with Frank Wykoff and Foy Draper to set a world record of 39.8 s in the event

Just before the competitions, Owens was visited in the Olympic village by Adi Dassler, the founder of the Adidas athletic shoe company. He persuaded Owens to wear Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik shoes, the first sponsorship for a male African American athlete.

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[–] Stoshie 8 years ago

"In actual history, Hitler admired and even congratulated the achievements of the black athletes at the olympics. But the makers of this movie won't mention this at all because it's inconvenient to them"

At the end of the movie, among the actual photos of the time shown, is one of Hitler congratulating Owens and another black athlete.

Kind of undercuts your attempt at attacking the filmmakers, doesn't it?