can we compare this to how the negro was treated in the states?
funny these Rhineland b*stards were never compensated and none of this was aknowledged until a book was written in the 1970's
wake me up when these Rhineland b*stards get compensated...like other people from WW2
whoever wins the war gets tell the tale
I always go to Jesse Owens when when germany is brought up...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ands-black-1936-Olympic-hero-Jesse-Owens.html
Mischner claimed Owens showed him the photograph and told him: 'That was one of my most beautiful moments.'
Mischner said: 'It was taken behind the honour stand and so not captured by the world's press. But I saw it, I saw him shaking Hitler's hand.
'The predominating opinion in post-war Germany was that Hitler had ignored Owens.
'We therefore decided not to report on the photo. The consensus was that Hitler had to continue to be painted in a bad light in relation to Owens.'
Mischner, who went on to write a book about the 1936 Olympics, said other journalists were with him on the day that Owens produced the photo and they too did not report on it.
'Owens was disappointed,' he said. 'He shook his head disapprovingly. The press then was very obedient. I can make no excuses, but no one wanted to be the one to make Hitler the monster look good.
'All my colleagues are dead, Owens is dead. I thought this was the last chance to set the record straight. I have no idea where the photo is or even if it exists still.'
Owens, who died in 1980, was the son of sharecroppers and won four track and field gold medals - the 100m, the long jump, the 200m and the relay race - at Berlin.
He insisted that he had not been snubbed by Hitler but made no reference to meeting him and shaking hands. 'He was probably made to buy into the myth as much as we were,' added Mischner.
Owens later said he was treated better in Germany than in America where blacks faced segregation.