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German heavyweight boxing champion Max Schmeling (1905 – 2005) returns to Berlin to a hero’s welcome after defeating American boxer Joe Louis in New York, 27th June 1936. Behind him in the car are his mother and his wife, Czech actress Anny Ondra (1903 – 1987). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)