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Max Schmeling - Chronology

1905	Born in Uckermark, Germany, on September 28
1924	Turns professional on August 2
1933	Marries Polish-born actress Anny Ondra
1938	Shelters teenaged sons of David Levin during Kristallnacht
1940	Drafted into Wehrmacht as a private
1941	Parachutes into war-torn Crete
1947	Returns to boxing
1954	Returns to America, visiting grave of Joe Jacobs in New York
1957	Buys Coca-Cola dealership in Hamburg-Wandsbek
1981	Helps to pay for costs of Joe Louis's funeral

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