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38 THE NAZI
OLYMPICS Written by Jack Griffiths BERLIN 1936 For16daysinthesummerof1936,thedoorsofthe Third Reich opened to the world in one of the most memorableOlympicsofalltime On 26 April 1931, Berlin was pulled out of the hat at the 29th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The city had been chosen to host the 11th modern Olympic games and the German bid had beaten Barcelona and Istanbul to the post. To the IOC, Weimar Germany was a perfect choice of venue. A country whose economy and social situation had ebbed and flowed since the guns went silent on the Western Front, an Olympics held in the heart of Europe would reap huge social and diplomatic benefits. However, just like the rest of the world, they could not have foreseen what would happen just under two years later. The ascension of the Nazi Party to power in Germany in 1933 sent shockwaves around the world, not least to the IOC. News of strict racial laws had been filtering out of Germany and a mass boycott was on the cards. As a result, the IOC forced the Third Reich to tone down its extremist ideology and, on the surface at least, the Nazis complied. Adolf Hitler was no sports fan but Joseph Goebbels convinced the Führer that it was a unique opportunity to promote Aryan ideals across the globe. The stage was set for a Nazi Olympics and the triumphant return of a new Germany to the international community. Realising the dream Germany had never held an Olympic games before. Berlin had been chosen as the host of the 1916 games but it was scuppered by the escalation of World War I. The German Olympic Committee was intent on The most medals won by an Olympian: German Konrad Frey IN NUMBERS 6 3,963 72 Number of athletes who competed. 3,632 were men, 331 were women 49 nations competed at the Olympics, the most ever at the time Age of the oldest participant: Austrian Arthur von Pongracz 131.5 HECTARES Size of the specially constructed Reich Sports Field 7.5 million Reichsmarks Total ticket revenue 42 MILLION REICHSMARKS Cost of the Reich Sports Field Complex 39
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