Title: Hitler's Olympics : the story of the 1936 Nazi Games /
Authors: Rippon, Anton
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Olympics Germany History; Olympics Political aspects Germany.; Propaganda Germany History
Abstract: For two weeks in August 1936, Nazi Germany achieved a propaganda coup when it staged the Olympic Games in Berlin. Hiding their anti-semitism and plans for territorial expansion, the Nazis exploited the Olympic ideal. This volume tells the story of those remarkable Games, the first to overtly use the Olympics for political purposes.
Contents: The most evil place -- Playing under the Nazis -- Propaganda and politics -- The boycott threat -- Best interests of sport -- The winter games -- The Nazis' Olympia -- Across national frontiers -- Let the games begin -- A flying start -- Myth and reality -- Gold standard -- Last hurrahs -- Ghosts.