Louie acknowledged Hitler, but felt hostility brewing through the military presence of the Nazi party in Germany during the Olympics
It potentially could be over-estimating the purpose behind German athletes in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. It could potentially be manipulating the purpose of the athletes from simply competing in the Olympics to pushing a broader message, therefore making the source slightly less reliable. The second document to speak on this is document 4. It is from the perspective of an American athlete in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics in Finland. It argues that there was a lot of pressure on American athletes because of the pressure of the Soviet team.
However, claiming the Olympics belonged to the athletes and not the
An organization like the Special Olympics has to consider all of its competitors in situations like this and create a standard that this type of behavior would not be
In 1936, the Olympic Games were to be held in Berlin, Germany that upcoming year. America, who brought athletes was also there to scout out this new society. After all seemed fine, Hitler began to persecute specific groups such as the Jews, the Gypsies, the homosexuals, and the elderly. Shops were smashed and ruined and many were taken to concentration camps, a camp where very few survived. The Germans gained allies quickly, which included Italy and Japan.
For example, Jewish doctors were not allowed to practice on any patients, unless they were Jewish, Jews could not vote, they could not own pets, swim in public pools, the citizenship of German Jews were abolished, etc. They were excluded from
The Holocaust is considered one of the most notable events to happen in human history. Adolf Hitler’s plan was to exterminate all races of which he thought was inferior to his master race, The Aryan Race. To effectively kill them, he made concentration camps where the prisoners would be worked to death. Sadly, most of the races targeted and killed were the Jews. They were blamed for everything such as World War I and World War II.
That day he won 4 gold medals, after Owens won his 3rd gold medal, Hitler left the stadium. This shows separation and isolation because neither of these people did not get invites to events that they should get. Mistreatment Another strategy that the Nazis used was mistreating the Jewish people in the camps. Elie Wiesel was a 15-year-old who was sent to Auschwitz, but he didn’t know what it was at the time. Elie Wiesel says he heard,” Men to the left!
The Olympics are generally a time of fun competition to bring the world together. In 1936, it was for Nazi propaganda. The 1936 Olympics led one athlete, Jesse Owens, to success and broke Hitler’s racial theories. The Berlin Olympics was an opportunity for Hitler to prove Aryan suppurity, unfortunately the ban of Jewish athletes didn’t settle well with the IOC. This resulted into a boycott, until Hitler agreed to take down any Nazi propaganda.
That played a role on how teams viewed Germany since Germany seemed like they were welcoming and weren't up to anything suspicious (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). Many people thought that the Nazis really did succeed with their propaganda. They said that the games made them even more human, even though the way they were treating the Jews was not human.. This meant that the games made most people blind to what was really about to come. Many Americans thought Hitler used the games as a distraction so people wouldn't suspect that anything bad was going on
The Olympics could be used to convince the world that Hitler governed a powerful but friendly nation. A country that the larger world should recognize and respect. As they put on a show of peace and progress, the Nazis could quietly restore
The presence of sports has been felt in the majority of the world’s everyday lives. No matter where you are or where you reside, sports will always somehow make its way into your life. Along with sports, the injustice of the way people are treated will somehow always be seen in your life. Whether that is through the news, blogs, and or social media, the inducement treatment of people will be prevalent in your life as well. In 1968, the combination of sports and social injustice made its way onto the podium in the 1968 Olympics.
For the first time in the history of the Olympics games, people in Europe, and the United States called for a boycott of the Olympics, because of the host country’s abuse of human rights. For two weeks on, 1936 Adolf Hitler’s, Nazis dictatorship camouflaged it's racist, militaristic character while hosting the summer Olympics. Having rejected a proposed boycott of the
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Another issue that impact Olympics is the political costs of selecting different locations. "Governments have used the Olympics to score points against other governments, most prominently by boycotts" (Martin). Charles Banks-Altekruse is a former Olympic rower and runs a consulting company points out, "boycotts prevented thousands of athletes from competing in the Montreal, Moscow and Los Angeles Games … protesters opposed to the awarding of the 2008 Summer Games to China disrupted the Olympic torch relay around the world" (Banks-altekruse). All these events were against the spirit of sportsmanship and resulted in the loss of competitors who were forced to give up their participation dreams. However, it is also important to consider that Olympics have been used as a source of political propaganda with the 1936 Olympics hosted by Nazi Germany being the most famous example.
