German sports reporter claims that Adolf Hitler, Jesse Owens shook hands

Interesting read but I have many doubts.

It is the greatest sporting snub in history: Adolf Hitler stormed out of the Olympic Stadium in Berlin after Germany was embarrassed by a black man. The moment was 1936 and Jesse Owens had just won the first of his 4 gold medals. Hitler, who had shaken hands with all the German Olympic winners, left the stadium angry that his Ayran supermen had been beaten by their racial inferior. But now veteran sports reporter Siegfried Mischner claims that, though Hitler left the stadium, it was not before shaking Owens' hand. Mischner says that Owens carried a photo in his wallet of the Fuehrer doing just that. Owens later said he was treated better in Nazi Germany than in segregated America.

Hitler 'shook hands' with black 1936 Olympic hero Jesse Owens | Mail Online

 

I heard that ike,strange that it never surfaced before this time,you gotta ask why now! agree! have doubts until corroboration,who took photo?,ray..

 

Owens was repeatedly interviewed about this and at no point mentioned either shaking Hitler's hand nor having a photograph of him doing so. He even went so far to point out how he never shook FDR's hand either.

Owens was, naturally, peeved at the treatment he and the rest of the black population suffered under segregation laws and was quite vocal about it when given the chance. The idea that he might possess a photograph which dismissed the no-handshake story but chose to keep it secret is ridiculous.

I'll file this one in the same drawer as; Hitler still alive, Nazi moon rockets and Imperial Japanese were misunderstood and quite nice chaps all along.

 

I would have thought that he would have taken advantage of stating publicly of his good treatment from the Nazis than that of home.

 

This story pops up every now and then, Hitler never shook J.C. Owens' hand. And it wasn't due to a racial snub exactly. There were two things which came into play, first Hitler had planned to stay at the games for only a short time, but they ran long and Hitler was getting antsy to leave. I recall reading they were running something like two hours over-time.

Second, after Hitler had shaken hands with the German winners, but not winners from other nations (white, black or poka-doted), the Olympic committee representative informed him that he must shake every winners hand, or none. He was informed that in respect to protocol, he couldn't shake only German hands at a global event. Hitler decided to stop shaking hands with all winners, this ties in with the games running overtime as well. His calling the German winners (or any winners) up to his box was causing the organizers to delay starts of other events.

At least that is what I have put together over the years. Hitler most likely wouldn't have shaken Owens' hand in any event, but it wasn't wholely a racial decision as Nazi Germany was putting on "its best face" for the worldwide press attention.

Hitler was no slouch when it came to the use of "appearance" substituting from reality. The signs prohibiting Jews from cafes and parks had been removed, and things were all smiles and nods in public.

 

by the way Hitler died in the 1950's according to his sister, I have the article buried deep within the lair.............. ah but who really cares anyway

 

Here is some other stuff I found in one of my old files about Hitler and J.C. Owens.

As for the alleged snubbing of Owens, the facts of the matter tell a story which is quite different than the one usually put forward. Hitler was in his box on the first day of competition when Hans Woellke broke the Olympic record for the shot-put and, incidentally, became the first German to win an Olympic track and field championship. At Hitler's request, Woellke and the third place winner, another German, were lead to the box to receive personal congratulations from the Chancellor. Soon afterward Hitler personally greeted three Finns who won medals in the l0,000-meter run. Then he congratulated two German women who won first and second place in the women's javelin throw.

The only other scheduled event that day was the high jump, which was running late. When all the German high-jumpers were eliminated, Hitler left the stadium in the dark as rain threatened and was not present to greet the three winners - all from the United States, and two of whom were Black.

Hitler left because it was late, not because he wanted to avoid greeting anyone. Besides, at the time he left Hitler could not know whether the final winners would be Black or White. Count Baillet-Latour, president of the International Olympic Commission, sent word to the German leader that, as a guest of honor at the Games, he should congratulate all or none. So when J.C. Owens won the final of the 100 meters the next day, he was not publicly greeted by Hitler, nor were any other medal winners of that or any of the following events.

So, he did shake hands with, and bring people up to his "box" and my original post was incorrect since he congratulated the Finns, but only on the first day when he was there. The records of Hitler's "place" at any moment were well documented, by film and commentary. He only showed up in person the first day, and left as darkness was setting in. Owens didn't compete until the second day! Now, if I am reading all the other reports of the time and timing wrong, or if somebody can show that Hitler was there the second day, I will change my position with speed and thanks. I would like nothing better than to have another reason to hate the man, I just don't think this one is the other reason. I still believe (with all his flaws), Hitler was too astute a politician to insult any nation by an outright "snub", especially this early in his "power" play and while he was "showcasing the new Nazi state".

In Olympic Facts & Fables, Tom Ecker reports; "As historian Bill Henry has written, 'The fable persists that Hitler refused to shake hands with Owens, though the fact is that he never had the opportunity. The story goes that Hitler left the stadium early so he would not have to congratulate Jesse Owens after Owens won one of his gold medals. However, Hitler's famous departure from the stadium was made on August 2, the first day of the track and field competition and the day before Owens won his first gold medal." "...Hitler had congratulated the winners in the shot put (a German), the first three finishers in the 10,000-meter run (three Finns), and the first two finishers in the women's javelin (both Germans). The other final event of the day, the high jump, required a jump-off to decide second, third and fourth place, and was not completed until after dark, almost four hours after the event had begun."

"Hitler, who had overstayed his intended time in the stadium, left before the high jump was completed, and so was not present to congratulate the eventual winner, Cornelius Johnson, a black American. Newspapers everywhere carried the story about Hitler's snub of a black American athlete. A headline in the New York Times read,'Hitler Ignores Negro Medalists.' The 'negro medalists' were Cornelius Johnson and Dave Albritton, the two U.S. high jumpers. Later, after Owens became the star of the Olympics, the story was altered to say that Hitler had snubbed Jesse Owens."

"...The day after the high jump competition, Hitler was informed by Count Henri de Baillet-Latour, the president of the IOC, that as merely a guest of honor at the Games, Hitler would either congratulate all winners or none. Because his schedule would not allow him to be present for all the Olympic events, Hitler chose not to congratulate any more winners publicly."

 

Wow!