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...placing their straw hats over their hearts. The crowd shouted, whistled, clapped in unison. The noise was soon drowned by the ovation for the German team which, as host, entered the arena last of all. When all the athletes had lined up neatly on the green infield, Dr. Theodor Lewald, head of the German Organizing Committee, made a 20-minute speech to introduce Herr Hitler, who, dressed in a brown uniform, had arrived an hour before...
...little history will not be amiss at this point. On June 7th, 1933, Dr. Lewald, President of the German Olympic Committee stated that "with the consent of his government", he was authorized to declare: 1) "The German Olympic Committee has delegated the mandate that has been entrusted to it to a special organizing committee composed of Dr. Lewald, Dr. Sham, the mayor of Berlin and Captain Von Tschammer-Osten, Reichssport Kommissar." Since that time, Dr. Lewald has been unable to make a statement to the press without first getting permission from the representative of the Nazi government, Von Tschammer-Osten...
...Brundage, went to Germany to investigate. It sputtered into fresh flame last fortnight when Jeremiah T. Mahoney, onetime New York Supreme Court Justice, president of the Amateur Athletic Union which is one of 30 sporting organizations represented on the American Olympic Committee, wrote an open letter to Dr. Theodor Lewald, head of the German Olympic Committee, saying that he was convinced that Jews were not being allowed a fair chance to participate in the Olympic Games. In Berlin, Dr. Lewald said: "Olympic pledges will be absolutely kept...
Final sparks in last week's angry squabbles came from Dr. Lewald in Germany. He announced that he had finally received Jeremiah T. Mahoney's open letter. He also exhibited a cable from tactful Helene Mayer. The cable: "Sickness delayed answering [invitation]. Acceptance left yesterday. Love...
...professors of German literature and art at German universities, and colleagues and former students at all the foremost universities and colleges of America. Among the contributions from Germany may be mentioned those by the former Prussian Minister of Education, Friedrick Schmidt-Ott, the former Secretary of the Interior, Theodora Lewald, the former Director-General of the Prussian Museums, Withelm von Bode, the America Ambassador, J. G. Schurman; the writers, Count Keyserling and Thomas Mann, Professor Friedliender and Dibelius of Berlin, Clemen of Bonn, and Eucken of Jena. Special addresses were sent by the University of Kiel, the German Sociological Society...