Berlin Olympics
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- Created on: 14-05-20 15:51
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- 8 key characteristics
- Used as an opportunity for political propaganda of the third Reich
- 1936 Berlin Olympics
- The event was broadcasted to 42 countries and was the first Olympics to be televised.
- Pioneering female film maker Leni Riefenstahl made a film about the Berlin Olympics called Olympia.
- Used to showcase Aryan supremacy
- Presented Nazi control via new 100,000 seat staduim
- Germany athletes weren't amateurs as they trained full time prior to the games
- Role model of the games was Lutz Lang as he showed superiority of the race
- Removed anti-Semitic posters to improve reputation to the rest of the world
- Because the African-American Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals in the; 4 by 100metre relay, 200metres, 100metres and long jump Hitler refused to shake his hand after the game.
- German officials influenced American officials not to include two Jewish athletes in their relay team.
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