This photograph shows Jesse Owens holding three of his gold medals during the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. Sitting on the table next to him are his Olympic oaks, which were given to gold-medal winners. Owens won a total of four gold medals during the games in track and field. His performance was widely considered a blow to the Nazi belief in Aryan supremacy.
This image comes from a series of photographs taken by Germany during the Berlin Olympics that were seized following World War II.
