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The Nazi Olympics : Berlin 1936
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The Nazi Olympics : Berlin 1936

Author: Susan D Bachrach
Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown, and Co., ©2000.
Edition/Format: Book : Juvenile audience : English : 1st ed
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Recounts the story of the Olympics held in Berlin in 1936, and how the Nazis attempted to turn the games into a propaganda tool for their cause.
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Material Type: Juvenile audience
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Susan D Bachrach
ISBN: 0316070866 9780316070867 0316070874 9780316070874
OCLC Number: 41516448
Description: 128 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Contents: Prelude: Berlin is chosen to host the 1939 Olympics -- 1933-1936: Nazi Germany: Hitler comes to power -- Police state -- Nazi racism and antisemitism -- Nazification of German sport: Nazi sport -- Nazi takeover of the Olympics -- Persecution of Jewish athletes -- Boycott debate: Should the games go on? -- Support for a boycott -- African American voices -- American Jewish voices -- World voices -- Nazi Olympics: Perfect arena for the Nazi propaganda machine -- Winter games: Rehearsal for Berlin -- Remilitarization of the Rhineland -- Nazi propaganda and the summer Olympics -- Berlin: Facade of hospitality -- Opening of the games --African American successes -- Jewish athletes and the games -- Aftermath -- War and the Holocaust.
Responsibility: by Susan D. Bachrach.

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Recounts the story of the Olympics held in Berlin in 1936, and how the Nazis attempted to turn the games into a propaganda tool for their cause.

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