(2004-07-15) Hitler's Pawn

Watched "Hitler's Pawn" last night, about Margaret Lambert and the 1936 Berlin Olympics. She was dragged back to Germany from England to be a token Jewish member of the German team, to keep the US from boycotting. Then, once the Americans were on the boat heading for the Games, they told her she was rejected for weak performance (despite having set a world record the month before), and told everyone else she had been injured. It's just lovely to hear that Avery Brundage, President of the US Olympic Committee for 25 years, was a big Anti Semite.