95 and Jumpin'

On November 24th 2009 the New York Post ran an article about a 95 year old Jewish woman. This women was a former high jumper who set the German record 73 years ago. Unfortunately, the Germans would not allow the record to stand because she was a Jew.

Now Margaret Lambert, formerly known as Gretel Bergmann, set the German high-jump mark of 5 feet, 3 inches on June 30, 1936.

At the time she was the only Jew in the Olympics but she was merely a "political pawn by Adolf Hitler". - NYPost.com

NYPost.com continued, "The German government discovered Bergmann's talent after she won the 1934 British high-jump championships while attending school in England. The Nazis forced her to return to Germany by threatening to harm her family if she didn't join the Olympic squad. 'I didn't know if they would kill me. I didn't know what they would do,' she said. But Lambert knew that she would never be allowed to compete in the Olympics. At the time, the Germans were putting Jews on their teams to appease Americans who were threatening a boycott. The Nazi government pulled her off the squad at the last minute".

We here at TGR are so proud of and happy for Margaret Lambert. Well deserved!
And Let Us Say...Amen.
-Jeremy Fine
Picture by: Associated Press