????1936年，夏季奧運(yùn)會(huì)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(tǒng)治了那一屆的奧運(yùn)會(huì)，阿道夫?希特勒在觀看比賽時(shí)表現(xiàn)得神情沮喪，因?yàn)檫@顛覆了這位獨(dú)裁者有關(guān)雅利安民族是高等民族的論調(diào)。當(dāng)時(shí)年僅13歲的亨利?基辛格居住在巴伐利亞州，對奧運(yùn)會(huì)癡迷有加，也對納粹黨人在世界目光聚焦德國時(shí)的表現(xiàn)感到吃驚。這位美國前國務(wù)卿，現(xiàn)任美國奧運(yùn)基金會(huì)（U.S. Olympic Foundation）成員的老人，在接受《財(cái)富》雜志（Fortune ）采訪時(shí)，向我們講述了他長期以來支持奧運(yùn)會(huì)的原因。

您會(huì)去倫敦觀看奧運(yùn)會(huì)嗎？

????是的，我會(huì)帶我的孫子一起去。

您最想觀看哪些運(yùn)動(dòng)項(xiàng)目？

????我的一個(gè)孫子現(xiàn)在9歲，是個(gè)籃球迷，所以我會(huì)觀看多場籃球比賽。另外，我還會(huì)觀看跳水比賽。

1936年奧運(yùn)會(huì)時(shí)的情況是怎樣的？

????1933年，納粹黨上臺執(zhí)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(yùn)會(huì)開幕前的數(shù)月中，這種殘害行動(dòng)明顯放緩，直至奧運(yùn)會(huì)結(jié)束前都是如此。希特勒希望外界認(rèn)為德國是正常的政體。

????不要認(rèn)為希特勒在當(dāng)時(shí)會(huì)覺得他的所作所為是錯(cuò)的，也不要以為奧運(yùn)會(huì)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(guān)注，證明了他們的強(qiáng)大。

你認(rèn)為奧運(yùn)會(huì)主辦國仍然能夠吸引世人的高度關(guān)注嗎？

????當(dāng)然。在奧運(yùn)會(huì)開幕前的數(shù)月中以及奧運(yùn)會(huì)舉辦期間，全世界的媒體都會(huì)聚焦奧運(yùn)會(huì)主辦國。

????很顯然，主辦國政府希望在奧運(yùn)會(huì)期間向世人展現(xiàn)最好的一面。另外，雖然我不清楚具體細(xì)節(jié)，但是在北京奧運(yùn)會(huì)之前，確實(shí)存在中國與奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)的討論。當(dāng)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(yùn)會(huì)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(rèn)識的每一個(gè)人都目睹了這一時(shí)刻，并且深受他的鼓舞。

????是的，每個(gè)人都目睹了這一時(shí)刻。確實(shí)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.