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Hitler believed that the Aryan race was superior to all races, especially blacks. Jesse Owens came along during the 1936 Olympics which were being held in Germany between WW1 and WW2, and won four gold medals, beating all the German runners. Right in front of Hitler. Prior to this, Hitler had demanded that Germany dominated the Olympics, because they were on German soil but also because he wanted to prove the Aryan race superior. When Jesse Owens, a black man, set world records and obtained gold medals, he broke the myth of the Aryan race.

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