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Title: Max Schmeling dead
Post by: mitac on February 04, 2005, 09:35:06 am

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/4235901.stm

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Former world heavyweight boxing champion Max Schmeling has died at the age of 99.

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Title: Max Schmeling dead
Post by: Nuclear1 on February 05, 2005, 12:06:38 am

Pfft. Freakin Nazi.

Oh, uh, sorry to see him go.

Title: Max Schmeling dead
Post by: Jetmech Jr. on February 05, 2005, 01:07:51 am

Max Who?

Title: Max Schmeling dead
Post by: Nuke on February 05, 2005, 01:30:05 am

i heard he protected jews from persecution befor the war. kinda like that shindler guy.

Title: Max Schmeling dead
Post by: mitac on February 05, 2005, 04:32:21 am

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Originally posted by nuclear1
Pfft. Freakin Nazi.

Thank you for your contribution, 'tard. :rolleyes:


Nuke : yeah. He did some boxing in the US and was the first european to win the world heavyweight title. The Nazis kind of tried to instrument his success, but he never approved of that and later broke with the regime.
Before that break, he helped several jewish kids escape certain death. I once heard on the radio that some of these kids, now well in the high years, established some kind of memorial day and celebration in some parts of California, but I don't know if I recall that correctly.

Title: Max Schmeling dead
Post by: Clave on February 05, 2005, 06:42:25 am

He had a good run.....

And the Nazis loved success, they always tried to attribute the achievements of others to the regime. :mad2:

Title: Max Schmeling dead
Post by: Nuke on February 05, 2005, 09:57:46 am

indeed, if you were a musician or an actor or an athlete during the nazi regeme you were required to wear a swastica, weather you aproved of the nazi party or not. after the war german celebertys were stuck with the stigma. most couldnt get work after the war because of it. essentially a case of the government taking advantage of its people.

Title: Max Schmeling dead
Post by: aldo_14 on February 05, 2005, 12:46:32 pm

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Originally posted by nuclear1
Pfft. Freakin Nazi.

Oh, uh, sorry to see him go.

[q]Years later Schmeling, who had always refused to act as a mouthpiece for Nazi propaganda, said he was almost glad he had lost.

"A win over Joe Louis might have made me the perfect Aryan of the Third Reich," he said. "The Nazis tried to use me but I used them to help other people." [/q]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Schmeling
[q]Incorrectly branded as a Nazi

Schmeling was branded as a "Nazi" by many boxing fans, but nothing was further from the truth. In reality, Schmeling became quite unpopular among the Nazis after the embarrassing loss to the black man, and was not used anymore in Nazi propaganda, which was a relief to him.

Starting from the Kristallnacht events in November of 1938, he used to hide young Jews in his house, sheltering them and protecting them from the SS and Gestapo. When World War II broke out in 1939, Schmeling was drafted into the German Army. Because he had long refused to join the Nazi party, a vengeful Hitler sent him on suicidal missions in order to make him a hero -a very dead hero - only to see him return every time. Schmeling remained anti-Nazi throughout the war, and after it was over was interned briefly, still recovering from his war injuries. Afterwards he frequently visited American troops, giving away signed photos and taking pictures with the American soldiers.[/q]

Idiot.

Title: Max Schmeling dead
Post by: Nuclear1 on February 05, 2005, 01:23:07 pm

Eh, must've forgotten to check my facts. No offense intended, just being an idiot again. :doubt: