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1936 Olympics Research Paper

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At last it’s here. You’ve trained your whole life to finally qualify for the Olympics, but then you are told that they are being held in Nazi Germany. The 1936 Olympics were held in Berlin, Germany. In 1936 it was Germany’s turn to host the Olympics in their nation. Recently, Germany was taken over by its new leader Adolf Hitler. The Olympics back then were nothing like the Olympics today. There were many racial and religious issues happening in the nation at that time. Also, there were many famous Olympic athletes at those games. For example, Jesse Owens was very important to those games. Last, the United States considered boycotting the 1936 Olympics for reasons like discrimination all throughout Germany. The 1936 Olympics provided a very difficult atmosphere for all involved countries, and athletes such as Jesse Owens wasn’t even welcome to participate in the games. …show more content…

During the 1936 Olympics, it was not like the Olympics we see today. This was a time when Germany was thriving to be a more powerful nation under their new leadership, Adolf Hitler. In 1936 it was Germany’s turn to host the Olympics so Adolf Hitler ordered a brand new track and field stadium to be built to resemble Germany’s new dominant leader. People all over Europe were thinking about boycotting the 1936 Olympics because people found out that Germany was trying to cover up the violent and racist policies they had in place. Germany even went as far to cover up or take down anti Jewish signs all over towns and newspapers until the games were over(Olympics-Berlin). This is one of the many reasons why nations all over the world thought about boycotting the

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