Joseph and Magda Goebbels listening to the broadcast of the boxing match between Max Schmeling and Joe Louis in New York City, with Schmeling's wife, Czech actress Anny Ondra, seated between them. Schmeling gave American negro Joe Louis his first defeat, winning the match in four rounds. Adolf Hitler then contacted Ondra, sending her flowers and a message: "For the wonderful victory of your husband, our greatest German boxer, I must congratulate you with all my heart." June 19, 1936.
