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WW2 was incredible.Into the White:
The finest and worst hour for all of mankind.
Schmeling helped pay for the funeral of Joe Louis.
Louis and Schmeling developed a friendship outside the ring, which endured until Louis' death in 1981. Their rivalry and friendship was the focus of the 1978 TV movie Ring of Passion.[27] Louis got a job as a greeter at the Caesars Palace hotelin Las Vegas, and Schmeling flew to visit him every year. Schmeling reportedly also sent Louis money in Louis' later years and covered a part of the costs of Louis' funeral, at which he was a pallbearer.
Both Louis and Schmeling are members of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Genuinely a moment in history people lose sight of and to the detriment of us all.