The Jiggle & the Giddy Up

The Last Archive

Pushkin Industries

Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 10 October 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The most famous athlete in 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany was the American sprinter Jesse Owens, and one of the most famous stories from those Games was the unexpected, heartwarming encounter Owens had with the German long jumper Luz Long. The friendship between the two athletes would serve as a symbol of how sports can overcome national antagonisms. We wonder: What really happened at the long jump pit that day?

This is part one of a two-part crossover from Revisionist History’s ‘Hitler’s Olympics’ series. To listen to the whole series, head over to the Revisionist History show page.

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0:44.0	On the latest season of my podcast against the rules, I'm exploring what it means to be a sports fan in America,
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1:05.0	Open your free IHeart app, search's Ben here, and I want to share a story I made with the show Revisionist History that I think belongs in the last archive too.
1:27.0	Because it's about history, democracy, and a question of truth.
1:32.0	In 1936, the Olympic Games were hosted by Nazi Germany.
1:36.6	The modern Olympic movement was at a low ebb.
1:39.2	And without the 36 games, there's a good chance that we wouldn't have the Olympics we have now.
1:44.3	But participating in games held in Nazi Germany raised a whole lot of ethical and political
1:49.5	questions.
1:50.9	We tend to think of Nazism as a geographically bounded thing, something people in Germany in the 1930s dealt with.
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