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Long was killed in action serving in the
German Army during World War II.[3]
Early life
Long studied law at the University of
Leipzig, where in 1936 he joined the
Leipziger Sport Club.[4][5][6] After
graduating, he practiced as a lawyer in
Hamburg, while continuing his interest in
sport.[7]
World War II
Long served in the Wehrmacht during
World War II, having the rank of
Obergefreiter. During the Allied invasion of
Sicily, Long was killed in action on 14 July
1943.[12] He was buried in the war
cemetery of Motta Sant'Anastasia,[13] in
Sicily. He was survived by two sons, Kai-
Heinrich and Wolfgang. Kai was born on
13 November 1941 and Wolfgang was
born on 30 May 1943, but died on 6 March
1944.
Long and Owens corresponded after 1936.
In his last letter, Long wrote to Owens and
asked him to contact his son after the war
and tell him about his father and "what
times were like when we were not
separated by war. I am saying—tell him
how things can be between men on this
earth".[14] After the war, Owens travelled to
Germany to meet Kai Long, who is seen
with Owens in the 1966 documentary
Jesse Owens Returns to Berlin, where he is
in conversation with Owens in the Berlin
Olympic Stadium.[15][16][17] Owens later
served as best man at Kai Long's wedding.
Memorials
Roads near sports facilities in Long's
home town of Leipzig,[18] and in the
Munich Olympia Park[5] of 1972 are named
after him. His medal, photos, and
documents were donated[19] to the
Sportmuseum Leipzig.[20]
In popular culture
In the film Race, he is played by David
Kross.
References
1. "Luz Long Bio, Stats, and Results |
Olympics at" . Sports-reference.com.
Retrieved 2013-03-26.
2. Schwartz, Larry (2007). "ESPN.com:
Owens pierced a myth" . Retrieved
2008-08-14.
3. "Olympians Who Were Killed or
Missing in Action or Died as a Result
of War" . Sports Reference. Retrieved
24 July 2018.
4. Leipzig Tourist service Archived
2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
5. Luz-Long-Ufer – Dr. Luz Long (1913–
1944). Mehrmaliger Deutscher
Meister und Europarekordinhber bei
den Olympischen Spielen 1936 in
Berlin. Im zweiten Weltkrieg in Italien
gefallen.
6. [1] Archived December 14, 2007, at
the Wayback Machine
7. 27. April 1913: Geburtstag Carl
Ludwig "Luz" Long – Für den
Leipziger Sportclub holte er in den
Zwanziger- und Dreißigerjahren alle
wichtigen Leichtathletiktitel. In
Leipzig ist heute eine Straße nach
ihm benannt. Als deutsche Hoffnung
ging Carl Ludwig – genannt Luz –
Long 1936 bei den Olympischen
Spielen in Berlin an den Start. Hitler
setzte auf den großen, blonden,
blauäugigen Weitspringer. Und
wirklich: Luz Long sprang
Europarekord und holte die
Silbermedaille – hinter Jesse Owens.
Der schwarze US-Amerikaner gewann
vier Goldmedaillen. Die beiden
Sportler freundeten sich an, sehr zum
Missfallen des NS-Regimes. Nach
den Spielen wurde Luz Long Jurist
und ließ sich in Hamburg nieder.
Später wurde er eingezogen und fiel
im Juli 1943 – mit nur 30 Jahren –
auf Sizilien. - by Ariane Hoffmann, at
wdr.de
8. Goldman, Tom (14 August 2009).
"Was Jesse Owens' 1936 Long-Jump
Story A Myth?" . NPR.org. Retrieved
7 May 2019.
9. Jesse Owens Returns To Berlin (at
29:30) on YouTube
10. Mandell, Richard D. The Nazi
Olympics. (1987 reprint of 1972
original) page 166-167.
https://books.google.com/books?
id=8CYYYeTT5mEC&pg=PA166&dq=
Jessie+Owens+1936+Olympic+Broad
+Jump#v=onepage&q=&f=false
11. Luz Long
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm051
9083/
12. A. Augello, "Uccidi Gli Italiani", Milano,
Mursia, p.174
13. Scritto da Administrator. "Lutz Long" .
Comune.mottasantanastasia.ct.it.
Archived from the original on 2013-
06-16. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
14. "Letters of Note" . Retrieved
2016-08-16.
15. Jesse Owens Returns to Berlin
(1966) on IMDb
16. Yates, David (September 21, 2014).
"Sunday Documentary: Jesse Owens
Returns to Berlin" . andBerlin.
Retrieved May 21, 2016.
17. Jesse Owens Returns To Berlin on
YouTube
18. Long, Carl-Ludwig (1913–1943),
Jurist und Sportler (Weitspringen),
seit 2001 Luz-Long-Weg [2]
19. Konvolut Urkunden, Fotografien,
Zeitungsausschnitte, von Carl-Ludwig
(Luz) Long, LSC, Leichtathletik,
Silbermedaillengewinner Weitsprung
Olympische Spiele Berlin 1936,
(übergeben von Kai-H. Long)
"Archived copy" . Archived from the
original on 2008-01-30. Retrieved
2008-01-28.
20. "Sportmuseum" . Sportmuseum-
leipzig.de. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
Further reading
Kai-Heinrich Long: Luz Long – eine
Sportlerkarriere im Dritten Reich. Sein
Leben in Dokumenten und Bildern. Arete
Verlag, Hildesheim 2015, ISBN 978-3-
942468-26-8.
Transcript of letter sent by Luz Long to
Jesse Owens from Sicily while he was
serving in the Wehrmacht. "Tell him
about his father"
References
Photo of Long and Owens
Luz Long at Find a Grave
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