ANSWERS: 4
  • Adolf Hitler
  • So, "fun" story, Hitler is the common answer, but Hitler actually never congratulated any of the athletes other than Germans who won and maybe a couple of Finns. Less widely circulated in the media, though, is the fact that FDR, who was US president at the time, refused to congratulate any of the African-American medalists (there were over a dozen, yet he *did* congratulate most of the white ones.).
    • Linda Joy
      I'm not surprised after some of the quotes I've seen.
    • dalcocono
      I had no idea.
  • Der Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt https://www.facebook.com/RetroReport/videos/hitler-never-refused-to-shake-jesse-owenss-hand-it-was-franklin-delano-roosevelt/2653039404984427/

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