A century of discrimination, arrests, social half-confessions and prejudices in the locker room. It all began with a phone call from the Fuhrer to Von Cramm: the recent coming out of the Brazilian Joao Lucas brought down the wall
“Von Cramm, shall we disturb you?” Instinctive response: “Yes, in ten minutes I’m playing in a Davis Cup semi-final”. The German Baron, who has to take the field against the American Budge, would prefer to avoid distractions. He would like to explain it to the secretary, but note that the man, rather than a cornet, seems to be holding a piece of burning coal in his hand: “Gottfried Von Cramm, he is the Fuhrer”. Adolf Hitler’s message is schematic: Baron, defeat the States United and we will no longer ask her to skip the Slam tournaments in the name of Davis. Translated: she will become a national hero, the problem is that that match against the American Donald Budge, which ended in the fifth set after a battle of rare competitiveness, Von Cramm. he loses it. The Baron doesn’t care much about defeat. The problem is that he lost Germany. He lost Hitler: unforgivable.