Close
Cart (0)
Login
Register
0
Selected
Invert selection
Deselect all
Deselect all
Click here to refresh results
Click here to refresh results
Go to Login page
Hide details
Conceptually similar
AR942248
AR942244
AR942252
AR942230
AR942232
AR942236
AR942220
AR942222
AR942234
AR942238
AR942240
AR942228
AR942226
AR942242
AR942214
AR942256
AR942202
AR942210
Vera Hrub?, Czech figure skater, Winter Olympic Games, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 1936.
Vera Hrub?, Czech figure skater, Winter Olympic Games, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 1936. Vera Hruba finished 17th in the women's individual competition. During the games she met and insulted Hitler, who asked her if she would like to skate for the swastika, to which she replied that she would rather skate ON the swastika. Escaping Prague before the arrival of the Nazi invaders in 1939 she emigrated to the US, carving out a new career as a Hollywood film actress with the screen name Vera Ralston. A print from Olympia 1936, Die Olympischen Spiele 1936, Volume I, Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Hamburg, 1936.
Unique Identifier
AR942246
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
3350px × 5211px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
Add to lightbox
Add to cart
Tags
1930s
20th century
acting
Actor
Actress
ARTS
Athlete
B&W
B/W
BAVARIA
Black & White
Black and white
COMPETITOR
Czech
Entertainment
Female
figure skating
film star
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Germany
Hrub?
Hruba
Ice
ice rink
ice skater
Ice Skating
JUMP
Jumping
LADY
Monochrome
movie star
Olympic Games
OLYMPICS
PASTIME
People
performing arts
Photograph
Print Collector4
Ralston
SKATER
Skating
SPORT
SPORTSMAN
TGN
The Print Collector
THESPIAN
THIRTIES
Vera
Vera Hrub?
Vera Hruba
Vera Ralston
Winter Olympics
winter sports
Woman
Women