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New York Giants’ Return to Germany Triggers Historical Reflections of Antisemitism and the 1936 Olympic Games

It’s Been 30 years since Marty Glickman relived the shame of the 1936 Olympics.

In the front row, from left to right are, Cornelius Johnson, Jesse Owens and Glenn Hardin shown at their Olympic village quarters receiving congratulations from their American Olympic teammates as the first Americans to win firsts in the Olympics in Berlin on Aug. 8, 1936. In the back row, from left to right are, Marty Glickman, Gene Venzke, Albert J. Mangin, Foy Draper and Forrest G. Towns.
In the front row, from left to right are, Cornelius Johnson, Jesse Owens and Glenn Hardin shown at their Olympic village quarters receiving congratulations from their American Olympic teammates as the first Americans to win firsts in the Olympics in Berlin on Aug. 8, 1936. In the back row, from left to right are, Marty Glickman, Gene Venzke, Albert J. Mangin, Foy Draper and Forrest G. Towns. AP

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