????1936年，夏季奧運會在德國柏林召開。非洲裔美國人杰西?歐文斯以四塊田徑金牌統治了那一屆的奧運會，阿道夫?希特勒在觀看比賽時表現得神情沮喪，因為這顛覆了這位獨裁者有關雅利安民族是高等民族的論調。當時年僅13歲的亨利?基辛格居住在巴伐利亞州，對奧運會癡迷有加，也對納粹黨人在世界目光聚焦德國時的表現感到吃驚。這位美國前國務卿，現任美國奧運基金會（U.S. Olympic Foundation）成員的老人，在接受《財富》雜志（Fortune ）采訪時，向我們講述了他長期以來支持奧運會的原因。

您會去倫敦觀看奧運會嗎？

????是的，我會帶我的孫子一起去。

您最想觀看哪些運動項目？

????我的一個孫子現在9歲，是個籃球迷，所以我會觀看多場籃球比賽。另外，我還會觀看跳水比賽。

1936年奧運會時的情況是怎樣的？

????1933年，納粹黨上臺執政，對猶太人的迫害和隔離隨即開始，而且不斷升級。但是，在奧運會開幕前的數月中，這種殘害行動明顯放緩，直至奧運會結束前都是如此。希特勒希望外界認為德國是正常的政體。

????不要認為希特勒在當時會覺得他的所作所為是錯的，也不要以為奧運會以某種方式改變了納粹。他們只是覺得，能夠得到這么多的關注，證明了他們的強大。

你認為奧運會主辦國仍然能夠吸引世人的高度關注嗎？

????當然。在奧運會開幕前的數月中以及奧運會舉辦期間，全世界的媒體都會聚焦奧運會主辦國。

????很顯然，主辦國政府希望在奧運會期間向世人展現最好的一面。另外，雖然我不清楚具體細節，但是在北京奧運會之前，確實存在中國與奧林匹克運動的討論。當然，中國工作非常努力，給世界留下了好的印象。

格雷格?洛加尼斯在韓國首爾奧運會跳水比賽中頭部受到撞擊，對我這一代人來說，這是無法磨滅的記憶。我認識的每一個人都目睹了這一時刻，并且深受他的鼓舞。

????是的，每個人都目睹了這一時刻。確實如此。

????（譯者：喬樹靜/汪皓）

????In 1936, Adolf Hitler watched with dismay as African-American track star Jesse Owens won four gold medals, dominated the Summer Olympics in Berlin, and undermined the Fuhrer's edict that the Aryan race was the supreme race. Henry Kissinger, at the time a 13-year-old boy living in Bavaria, was enthralled by the events and amazed at how the Nazis behaved when the eyes of the world were on Germany. Now a member of the U.S. Olympic Foundation, the former secretary of state spoke with Fortune about why he is a longtime supporter of the games.

Are you going to London?

????Yes, and I'm taking my grandchildren with me.

What are your favorite events?

????One of my grandsons, who is 9, is a basketball fanatic, so I will see many basketball games. I'll also see diving.

What was it like to live through the '36 Olympics?

????The Nazis came to power in 1933, and the persecution and segregation of Jews started almost immediately. Gradually, it escalated. But it slackened off noticeably in the months before the games and continued to ease off until the Olympics were over. Hitler wanted Germany to seem a normal government in the eyes of the outside world.

????Now don't create the impression that Hitler for one second thought that what he had done was wrong, or that the Olympics in any way changed the Nazis. But it was powerful for them to be watched.

Do you think that the heightened attention that is brought to bear on the host country is still that compelling?

????Of course. The media of the whole world focuses on a particular country where the games are taking place, for several months before and while the events happen.

????So obviously governments want to put their best face forward during the Olympics. And, while I don't know the details, there were discussions between China and the Olympic movement before the Beijing Games. Certainly China worked very hard to make a good impression going into the Olympics.

For my generation, Greg Louganis winning a gold medal after hitting his head during a dive at the Seoul games is an indelible memory. Everyone I know watched that happen. And we were so inspired by him.

????Exactly. Everyone watches. And that is exactly the point.