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1936 MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES:
Nazi Germany used the 1936 Olympic Games for propaganda purposes.
German Victories
Germany emerged victorious from the XIth Olympiad. German athletes captured
the most medals, and German hospitality and organization won the praises of
visitors.
Olimpics games
● Nazi Germany used the 1936 Olympic Games for propaganda purposes.
● On August 1, 1936, Hitler opened the XIth Olympiad.
● Forty-nine athletic teams from around the world competed in the Berlin
Olympics, more than in any previous Olympics.
1936 Berlin Olympic games
●
The Olympic stadium was completed time and held 100,000 spectators.
Racial sings were no longer visible and t he games went on smoothly.
● Until the ¨racially inferior¨Owens won four gold medals ;in the 100m,
200m long jump and 400m.
● During the Games Owens broke 11 olympic records and defeated Lutz
Lang in the long jump final.
Political context
● The Olympic Games were awarded to Berlin in 1931 with no idea that
Hitler was going to take power in Germany two years later.
● In 1933, when hitler took power and his racist policies led to international
debate about a boycott of the games.
● Due to the massive fear of a boycott, the International Olympic Committee
pressured German government and assured that Jewish athletes would be
a part of the German team and that the Games would not be used to
promote
Nazi
ideology.
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