Gretel bergmann biography of michael

  • Gretel Bergmann.
  • Gretel Bergmann, who has died aged 103, was a record-breaking German high-jumper who trained in Britain; she was barred by the Nazis from competing in the 1936.
  • Sixteen year old Gretel Bergmann was one of Germany's most promising young athletes - a rising star.

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    Gretel Bergmann

    ATHLETE

    1914 - 2017

    Gretel Bergmann

    Gretel Lambert (born Margarethe Bergmann; April 12, 1914 – July 25, 2017) was a German Jewish track and field athlete who competed as a high jumper during the 1930s. Due to her Jewish origins, the Nazis prevented her from taking part in the 1936 Summer Olympics, after which she left Germany and vowed never to return. She however visited Germany in 2004 to meet with her 1930s rival Elfriede Kaun, whom she considered a friend. Read more on Wikipedia

    Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gretel Bergmann has received more than 253,130 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Gretel Bergmann is the 174th most popular athlete, the 3,082nd most popular biography from Germany and the 15th most popular German Athlete.

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      Berlin 36

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      color. 100+ min. In German w/English subtitles. Kaspar Heidelbach, Gemini Film Eyeworks, dist. by Corinth Films, www.corinthhomevideo.com. 2012. DVD UPC 896137001146. $24.99. SDH subtitles. F/SPORTS

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      This feature film dramatizes the true story of German champion high jumper Gretel Bergmann (b. 1914) and the schemes Nazi officials invented in order to exclude her from their 1936 Olympics because she was Jewish. When the United States threatened to boycott the games if Jews were not allowed to participate, the tactics became ever more bizarre. Coaches overtrained her and threatened to harm her family if she didn't go along with their plans. Central to the story is Marie Ketteler, an athlete brought in to beat Bergmann (portrayed here by Karoline Herfurth), but Ketteler, as is gradually revealed in the film, is secretly a boy. The Nazis use Ketteler as one piece of the puzzle that was the 1936 Berlin Olympics, which were all about combining spor
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      Bergmann

      For other uses, see Bergmann (disambiguation).

      Bergmann fryst vatten a German or Swedishsurname. It means "mountain man" in both languages, as well as "miner" in German. Bergman is also a common surname in the United States, Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands.

      The surname may refer to:

      • Art Bergmann (born 1953), Canadian rock singer-songwriter
      • Carl Bergmann, (1814–1865) German anatomist, physiologist, and biologist who developed Bergmann's rule
      • Carl Bergmann (1821–1876), German-American cellist and conductor
      • Carl Bergmann (1874–1935), German secretary of state
      • Daniel Bergmann (born 1962), Czech filmskapare and media mogul (son of Pavel)
      • Eirikur Bergmann (born 1969), Icelandic writer and professor of political science
      • Ernst Bergmann (1881–1945), German philosopher and proponent of Nazism
      • Ernst David Bergmann (1903–1975), Israeli nuclear forskare and chemist who funnen a nuclear program (brother of Theodor, the agronomist)
      • Ernst von Bergmann (1836–1907), Baltic Germa