The 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics: Under The Nazi Regime

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The 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics stood out as an anomaly under the Nazi regime. The Berlin Olympics, propagated under Hitler 's rule, was used to endorse Nazi propaganda and to showcase the brilliance of an uniformed Germany under the Nazi party. As opposed to hosting the games to demonstrate peace and unity through the medium of sports, Hitler promoted the facade of a unified and tolerating government under Nazism while concealing discrimination and rising militarism. Predominant movements to boycott the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics surface in 1933 after Hitler assumed power as the new Chancellor. Western democracies such as the United States questioned the morality and ethics of hosting the Olympic Games under a fascist regime. As news of