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Olympic games: Jesse Owens agains Hitler

Jesse Owens.

Jesse Owens. Source: AAP-Mary Evans Picture Library

The Greek program is presenting a special series about the forthcoming Olympic Games of Rio. In the third part we examine the Olympic Games held in Berlin in 1936 and how Jesse Owens , an Afro-American, won four gold medals in front of Adolf Hitler. Text was composed by Stergos Kastelloriou and edited by Themis Kallos.



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