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Old 02-04-2005, 12:09 PM   #1
RougeUnderoos
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/front_page/1321910.stm

The Hindenburg airship carried Schmeling back to Germany, where Hitler invited him to lunch.

"I had to go," he said later.

Together, they watched a film of the fight and Hitler slapped his leg each time Schmeling scored a telling blow.


Born in 1905. No wonder I thought he was already dead.
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