He was black
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Because Hitler wanted just a race of Arians, but Jesse Owens comes along and destroys that by winning 4 gold medals but the Germans still got the most medals and also one of Hitlers' friends betrayed him but becoming friends with Jesse.
Jesse Owens
Jessie Owens was black, and going against everything Hitler was standing for. Hitler said that they were the supreme race and better at everything. When Owens won the race, and beat the German competitor, Hitler was infuriated. He refused to hand over the medal and left the arena. Owens went on to win more events.
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Adolf Hitler and Jesse Owens.
adolf Hitler
Beat Adolf Hitler in the Olympic Games.
Adolf Hitler was angered by Jesse Owens spectacular individual and team performances at the Berlin Olympics.
Jesse Owens
The Olympic Games, hosted by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, Germany. Hitler was very upset at the success of Jesse Owens over German athletes.
He managed to humiliate Adolf Hitler in the Berlin Olympics.
Jesse Owens.
Lutz Lang competed against Jesse Owens in the broad jump at the 1936 Olympics. Lang finished 2nd to Owens. But the big shocker was after the event, when Lang and Owens circled the track Arm-in Arm which infuriated Adolf Hitler.
Jesse Owens. He was an African American, and his performance was an embarrassment more so to Adolf Hitler, than the German people. At that time, Adolf Hitler was trying to convince the world that the German people were the master race, and to have an African American beat the best in the world, didn't help the cause of the third Reich.
hitler
Because Hitler wanted just a race of Arians, but Jesse Owens comes along and destroys that by winning 4 gold medals but the Germans still got the most medals and also one of Hitlers' friends betrayed him but becoming friends with Jesse.