"It is time to have the subject": Bohrmann (ed.), NS-Presseanweisungen der Vorkriegszeit, NS-Presseanweisungen der Vorkriegszeit, Bd. 6/I: 1938: June 24,1938. Bd. 6/I: 1938: June 24,1938.

"Two minutes determine the work": Box-Sport, Box-Sport, June 27,1938. June 27,1938.

"keep his place in the heart": HJ: Das Kampfblatt der Hitler-Jugend, HJ: Das Kampfblatt der Hitler-Jugend, July 2,1938. July 2,1938.

"it is now time to stop": Bohrmann (ed.), NS-Presseanweisungen der Vorkriegszeit, NS-Presseanweisungen der Vorkriegszeit, Bd. 6/I: 1938: June 29, 1938. Bd. 6/I: 1938: June 29, 1938.

"even if he looks like a Norwegian sailor": Reichssportblatt, Reichssportblatt, July 26,1938. July 26,1938.

"I got even": New York Journal-American, New York Journal-American, February 24,1965. February 24,1965.

"A man who had been run over": Chicago Defender, Chicago Defender, July 9,1938. July 9,1938.

"He could have hit me": New York World-Telegram, New York World-Telegram, June 29,1938. June 29,1938.

"a lyrical enthusiasm": Ibid., July 2,1938.

left eye still "in mourning": New York Journal-American, New York Journal-American, July 3,1938. July 3,1938.

"There is vork to be done": Ibid., July 2,1938.

"anozzer chance": Ibid., July 3,1938.

"Since Schmeling's future": Bohrmann (ed.), NS-Presseanweisungen der Vorkriegszeit, (ed.), NS-Presseanweisungen der Vorkriegszeit, Bd. 6/I: 1938: July 1,1938. Bd. 6/I: 1938: July 1,1938.

"We traveled seven thousand miles": New York Herald Tribune, New York Herald Tribune, June 23,1938. June 23,1938.

"The Nazis will break down no doors": Washington Post, Washington Post, June 24,1938. June 24,1938.

"that would never have done": New York Daily News, New York Daily News, July 10,1938. July 10,1938.

"A few intimates": International News Service, July 16,1938.

"That's certainly one thing": Letter, Louis Lochner to Betty Lochner, July 10,1938, in Louis Lochner Papers, Box 6, Folder 38, Wisconsin Historical Society.

"Today, Schmeling has more friends": Box-Sport, Box-Sport, July 18,1938. July 18,1938.

"burning curiosity": Ibid., June 27,1938.

"the all-powerful Mike Jacobs": Ibid., July 11,1938.

"[Schmeling] is brutally beaten": Frohlich (ed.), Die Tagebucher von Joseph Goebbels, Die Tagebucher von Joseph Goebbels, T.I, Bd.5, July 13,1938, p. 378. T.I, Bd.5, July 13,1938, p. 378.

arrived "too late": New York Times, New York Times, July 31,1938. July 31,1938.

"The hunt is on": Ring, Ring, September 1938. September 1938.

"No champion was ever": Ibid., March 1939.

Epilogue.

"I thought that would be": Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, October 23,1938. October 23,1938.

"It may be impossible": Life, Life, June 17,1990. June 17,1990.

"laid a rose": Washington Post, Washington Post, January 23,1942. January 23,1942.

"We'll win": New York Times, New York Times, March 16,1942. March 16,1942.

"There's a lot wrong": Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, June 26,1962. June 26,1962.

"this time in a far greater arena": Richard Bak, Joe Louis: The Great Black Hope Joe Louis: The Great Black Hope (Dallas: Taylor Publishing, 1996), p. 226. (Dallas: Taylor Publishing, 1996), p. 226.

"as happy and gay as one can be": Reichssportblatt, Reichssportblatt, September 13,1938. September 13,1938.

"as popular as ever": Box-Sport, Box-Sport, October 3,1938. October 3,1938.

"I am Joe Louis's master": Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, January 29,1939. January 29,1939.

"provides boxing with its best puzzle": Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, February 2,1939. February 2,1939.

"the strangest and perhaps": Washington Post, Washington Post, March 3,1939. March 3,1939.

"The fact that Schmeling is allowed": Aufbau, Aufbau, January 27,1939. January 27,1939.

"I am not what you say": Associated Press, February 15,1939.

"The reporters looked at each other": Ibid.

"chicken feed and a million": Reno Evening Gazette, Reno Evening Gazette, July 8,1938. July 8,1938.

"had done everything except": Reno Evening Journal, Reno Evening Journal, November 3,1939. November 3,1939.

"considered that he had squared": Ibid.

"a wish of the Fuhrer is an order": Metzner to Schmeling, March 13,1939, in Bundesarchiv, BA R 1501/510.

"supposedly no longer good enough": Schmeling to Metzner, March 28,1939, in Bundesarchiv, BA R 1501/5101.

"lack of trust in your abilities": Metzner to Schmeling, undated, in Bundesarchiv, BA R 1501/5101.

"Y'know, he looked so natural": New York Mirror, New York Mirror, April 28,1940. April 28,1940.

"It is too bad": New York Times, New York Times, April 26,1940. April 26,1940.

"Why, I made Max rich": Boxing and Wrestling, Boxing and Wrestling, December 1953. December 1953.

"Max Schmeling, Germany's most popular boxer": Die Deutsche Wochenschau, Die Deutsche Wochenschau, February 26, 1941. February 26, 1941.

"As an athlete, he is a role model": Angriff, Angriff, February 27,1941. February 27,1941.

"a great fighter and a great fellow": New York Times, New York Times, May 29,1941. May 29,1941.

"not at all the fellow": New York Journal-American, New York Journal-American, June 10, 1941. June 10, 1941.

"fetch Joe Louis' scalp": International News Service, August 28,1941.

"Right now he wouldn't be": Washington Post, Washington Post, August 29,1941. August 29,1941.

"Maxe! Maxe!": Box-Sport, November 3,1941. November 3,1941.

"We are thinking": Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, August 1,1944. August 1,1944.

"An aroused American": Liberty, Liberty, February 27,1943. February 27,1943.

"I'd kill him ... with a gun": Washington Post, Washington Post, May 27,1944. May 27,1944.

"desperate attempt to save his skin": Fight Facts, Fight Facts, July 27,1945. July 27,1945.

"destroyed the nigger Louis": Interview, Bob Jagoda.

"Here comes Joe!": Letter, R. J. Peterson to author.

"He's a Nazi through and through": Stars and Stripes, Stars and Stripes, May 17,1945. May 17,1945.

"He may, indeed"; "Schmeling wouldn't act": Washington Post, Washington Post, May 18,1945. May 18,1945.

"Goring became very animated": Werner Bross, Gesprache mit Hermann Goring wahrend des Nurnberger Prozesses Gesprache mit Hermann Goring wahrend des Nurnberger Prozesses (Flensburg: C. Wolff, 1950), pp. 3334. (Flensburg: C. Wolff, 1950), pp. 3334.

"It was all psychological": United Press International, January 25,1946.

"The people who used to know": Newsweek, Newsweek, February 11,1946. February 11,1946.

"Time out for those who feel nauseated": clipping, undated, in morgue of the New York Journal-American, New York Journal-American, Harry Ranson Humanities Research Center, Austin, Texas. Harry Ranson Humanities Research Center, Austin, Texas.

"With Schmeling, nothing was haphazard": Ring, Ring, May 1946. May 1946.

"That's one more reason why I don't like": New York Times, New York Times, November 10,1948. November 10,1948.

"They should have called him": American Legacy, American Legacy, Winter 2002. Winter 2002.

"The rules of arithmetic": North American News Association, September 12,1935.

"Joe Louis punch"; "Joe Louis Kentucky straight bourbon": Washington Post, Washington Post, August 17,1952. August 17,1952.

"I don't believe the people": Ibid., May 20,1954.

"Twenty-five thousand soldiers": Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee Journal, May 21,1954. May 21,1954.

"Max, there is nothing to explain": New York World-Telegram, New York World-Telegram, April 14,1962. April 14,1962.

"It wasn't a bit like old times": Chicago Daily News, Chicago Daily News, May 17,1954. May 17,1954.

"The years have softened": New York Journal-American, New York Journal-American, May 18,1954. May 18,1954.

"Maybe a few decadent democrats": New York Post, New York Post, May 28,1954. May 28,1954.

"Is it less reprehensible": New York Post, New York Post, May 28,1954. May 28,1954.

"Joe, here is a friend of yours!": Schmeling, Erinnerungen, Erinnerungen, p. 251. p. 251.

"crowning rejection": Walla-Walla (Washington) Union-Bulletin, Walla-Walla (Washington) Union-Bulletin, June 1,1954. June 1,1954.

"What about this fellow?": This Is Your Life, This Is Your Life, October 23, 1960. October 23, 1960.

"There is an aura of unreality": New York Post, New York Post, December 6, 1960. December 6, 1960.

"Max Schmeling invaded Miami Beach": New York Herald Tribune, New York Herald Tribune, March 14,1961. March 14,1961.

"He's done enough for me": Interview, Irwin Rosee.

"Uncle Tom": New York Times, New York Times, October 12,1980. October 12,1980.

"Joe, you really think": Time, Time, April 27,1981. April 27,1981.

"There's no more tough guys": New York Times, New York Times, February 8,1959. February 8,1959.

"The golden age of prizefighting": Ibid., July 26,1959.

"like poor Joe Louis": Las Vegas Sports Form, Las Vegas Sports Form, December 9,1978. December 9,1978.

"No one said it out loud": New York Times, New York Times, November 11,1978. November 11,1978.

"For that alone": Remarks prepared by Rabbi Joshua Haberman, collection of the author.

"almost unanimously"; "simply disappeared": The relevant portions of Schmeling's memoirs are in Erinnerungen.:, Erinnerungen.:, pp. 42533. pp. 42533.

"Mr. Schmeling doesn't answer": Interview, Professor Hans Joachim Teichler.

"The embodiment of the decent German": Frankfurter Allgemeine, Frankfurter Allgemeine, February 5, 2005. February 5, 2005.

"Our last hero is dead": Welt am Sonntag, Welt am Sonntag, February February 6, 6, 2005. 2005.