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As the post-Games reports were filed, Hitler pressed on with grandiose plans for German expansion. These included taking over the Olympics forever. After plans collapsed to hold the 1940 Winter Games at St. Moritz, Switzerland, Hitler gained an unexpected opportunity to return the Olympics to Germany.
The Berlin Olympics. In 1936 Nazi Germany hosted the Olympic Games, with most events held in and around Berlin. The NSDAP itself played no part in Germany obtaining the Olympics; the games had been awarded to Berlin in 1931, two years before Hitler came to power. (Ironically, Berlin had also been awarded the 1916 Olympics, which were cancelled ...
Jun 20, 2019 · The torch, incidentally, was made by German steel company Krupp, which also made Nazi weapons. Berlin won the bid for the Summer Games in 1931, two years before the Nazi Party took power. Nations ...
The Olympics were a perfect arena for the Nazi propaganda machine, which was unsurpassed at staging elaborate public spectacles and rallies. Choreographed pageantry, record-breaking athletic feats, and warm German hospitality made the 1936 Olympic Games memorable for athletes and spectators.
As the Olympics controversy heated up in 1935, Brundage alleged the existence of a "Jewish-Communist conspiracy" to keep the United States out of the Games. Jeremiah Mahoney. Judge Jeremiah Mahoney, president of the Amateur Athletic Union, led efforts to boycott the 1936 Olympics. He pointed out that Germany had broken Olympic rules forbidding ...
Exclusion of Jews. Soon after Hitler took power, the Nazis began to exclude Jews from German sport and recreational facilities. Barred from German sports clubs, Jewish athletes flocked to separate Jewish associations, but their facilities were no match for those of the well-funded German groups. Gretel Bergmann was a world-class high jumper who ...
