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How the Nazis Stole the Olympic Dream

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Berlin Games

How the Nazis Stole the Olympic Dream

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In 1936, Adolf Hitler welcomed the world to Berlin to attend the Olympic Games. Visitors from all over the globe came to see not only a magnificent sporting event, but also a showcase for the newly rebuilt Germany. No effort was spared to present the Third Reich as the world's newest power. Swastikas fluttered next to the Olympic rings from the balconies of freshly painted buildings. Butter was hoarded weeks in advance in order to convince visitors that there were no shortages. There was even a pause in the implementation of anti-Semitic measures. But beneath the surface, the Games of the Eleventh Olympiad of the Modern Era came to act as a crucible for the dark political forces that were gathering to threaten the world.The 1936 Olympics were nothing less than the most political sporting event of the last century. Far from being a mere meeting of sportsmen and-women, it was an epic clash between proponents of barbarism and those of civilization, both of whom tried to use the Games to promote their own values. Berlin Games is the complete history of those fateful two weeks in August that would foreshadow the bloody conflict soon to come. It is the story of the athletes, from their often humble beginnings to the glory of the Olympic Stadium. It is also an eye-opening tale of the Nazi machine that attempted to use the Games as a model of Aryan superiority and fascist efficiency. Furthermore, it is a devastating indictment of the manipulative figures—including politicians, diplomats, and Olympic officials—who vied for power and glory in different sorts of games whose results would have profound consequences for the world.Drawing on original research and interviews with surviving participants from all over the world, Walters has produced a history filled with intrigue, sport, sex, and infamy. Berlin Games is a definitive and remarkable record of a time that still fascinates and haunts us to this day.

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Berlin Games
2007, Hodder & Stoughton
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Berlin Games
2006, William Morrow
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Berlin Games: How the Nazis Stole the Olympic Dream
August 8, 2006, William Morrow
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Berlin Games: How the Nazis Stole the Olympic Dream
August 8, 2006, William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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Table of Contents

Author's note
Prologue
Sporting spirit
'A party in such a house may not be a pleasant experience'
A winter warm-up
On their marks
Getting set
Iberian interlude
Going there
The opening
The first week
In the sight of the heathen
The second week
The legacy
Postscript

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Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xiv, 368 p., [16] p. of plates
Number of pages
384
Dimensions
9 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
Weight
1.4 pounds

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OL9238017M
Internet Archive
berlingames00guyw
ISBN 10
0060874120
ISBN 13
9780060874124
Library Thing
1695505
Goodreads
313225

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