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1936 Berlin Olympics
December 30th, 2014
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The blond, blue eyed and well-built Aryan race had been itching for an opportunity to demonstrate their superiority to the world. Would they do so in the 1936 Summer Olympic competitions held in Nazi Germany? Would African America Jesse Owen, the then most capable athlete in the world be beaten by a white? Owing to such sentiments, the world thinks that the 1936 Olympics were more about race than athletics. When the International Olympic Committee picked Berlin over Barcelona to Host the 1936 Summer Olympics, it came as an opportunity for Germany to make a comeback after being isolated in the aftermath of their defeat in World War I. Formally referred to as the Games of the XI Olympiad, the Olympics were set to be held in the newly built Olympic stadium with a capacity of 100,000 spectators. Prior to the commencement, the authorities attempted to perform a clean up on main tourist attractions by removing all material promoting racial propaganda such as signs reading ‘Jews not wanted’ and other slogans. In addition, all Romas (Gypsies) were arrested and kept in a special camp and local newspapers were ordered to tone down their harsh palaver. On August 1st 1936, Adolf Hitler officially opened the games marking their commencement. With 49 countries in attendance and 3963 participating athletes, this was the highest attendance recorded in any of the Olympics thus far. Determined to play the perfect host, Germany provided great radio broadcast by availing 300 microphones besides the 20 transmitting vans for use by foreign media. The event was broadcast in 28 different languages. All went well until Hitler refused to place a medal on Jesse Owens, the then most eminent athlete worldwide, claiming ‘he could not be photographed shaking hands with a negro. However, this rejoinder was swiftly ironed out. The games ended on August 16th with America bagging the most medals of the participating countries, much to Hitler’s displeasure. Can you trace to Berlin? Image courtesy of: http://berlin-germany.eu/berlin-life/berlin-host-champions-league-2015-finals-at-olympic-stadium/ |
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