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Today, the #IOC members were shown and applauded a film featuring Holocaust survivor Agnes Keleti. It says Jesse Owens "redefined freedom" in Berlin in 1936. But it did not mention that the Berlin hosts murdered Agnes' father in Auschwitz. -> faz.net/aktuell/sport/…
It doesn't mention the murder of her uncles in Auschwitz. Nor does it mention that Agnes Keleti was kicked out of the 1940 Tokio Olympics team for being Jewish or that she survived the German invasion of Nazi ally Hungary by changing her identity.
It does use Leni Riefenstahl's Nazi propaganda footage however. And whoever gave this clip the thumbs up at the #IOC, was fully aware where the show is headed next winter. It says a lot about how the IOC looks upon itself, history & the world. #tokyo2021 #berlin1936 #beijing2022
