Clearing the bar

Description:

Sixteen year old Gretel Bergmann was one of Germany's most promising young athletes - a rising star. Her speciality was the high jump, and her dream was to be chosen for the upcoming Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936. But Gretel was a Jew, and to be a Jew in Nazi Germany was to suffer discrimination and persecution.

subjects: Juvenile literature,  Jewish women athletes,  Social conditions,  Jews,  Persecutions,  History,  Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany),  Olympic Games. fast (OCoLC)fst01408249

People: Gretel Bergmann (1914-2017)

Places: Germany

Times: 20th century