Hoping "to show what a Jew could do," and "to use [her] talent as a weapon against Nazi ideology," Margaret Lambert (nicknamed Gretel) wanted to compete in the 1936 Olympics for Germany. Though she tied the German high-jump record, she was not allowed to compete. Lambert emigrated to the United States in 1937. The stadium she was not allowed to enter as an athlete in 1936 is now named for her.