The predominating opinion in post-war Germany was that Hitler? had ignored Owens. 'We therefore decided not to report on the photo. The consensus was that Hitler had to continue to be painted in a bad light in relation to Owens.' Mischner, who went on to write a book about the 1936 Olympics, said other journalists were with him on the day that Owens produced the photo and they too did not report on it. A veteran sports reporter in Germany has come forward? to claim that, though Hitler did indeed leave the stadium after the race, it was not before shaking Owens' hand.Siegfried Mischner, 83, claims that Owens carried around a photograph in his wallet of the Fuehrer doing just that.Owens, who felt the newspapers of the day reported 'unfairly' on Hitler's attitude towards him, tried to get Mischner and his journalist colleagues to change the accepted version of history in the 1960s. Jesse Owens: “Hitler didn't snub me?it was Franklin D. Roosevelt who snubbed me. The president didn't even send me a telegram.” - quoted in Triumph, a book about the 1936 Olympics by Jeremy? Schaap. Owens received no scholarship money from Ohio State University. He had to work as an elevator operator, waiter, and gas station attendent to support himself and his wife.
Nobody? reported ever about the fact, that NO black gold medal winner from 1936 was invited to the greeting by the president at the White House.When Owens came home from his success in Germany,After the ticker-tape parades,he received no offers,endorsements or deals.President Roosevelt never publicly acknowledged Owens' achievements(gold100 meter, 200 meter, 400 meter relay,long jump).Owens was never invited to the White House and never even received a letter of congratulations from the president Jesse Owens' reception by the German public and spectators in the Olympic stadium was warm. German cheers of “Yesseh Oh-vens” or just “Oh-vens” from the crowd.Owens was a true celebrity in Berlin, mobbed by autograph seekers to? the point that he complained about all the attention. He later claimed that his reception in Berlin was greater than any other he had ever experienced. Owens is on record as saying he received more respect from the German people than in America