For two weeks in August 1936, Nazi Germany achieved a propaganda coup when it staged the Olympic Games in Berlin. Hiding their anti-semitism and plans for territorial expansion, the Nazis exploited the Olympic ideal. This volume tells the story of those remarkable Games, the first to overtly use the Olympics for political purposes.
| ISBN: | 9781844154449 |
| Publication date: | 8th February 2006 |
| Author: | Anton Rippon |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Military |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 228 pages |
| Genres: |
Olympic and Paralympic games |
For two weeks in August 1936, Nazi Germany achieved a propaganda coup when it staged the Olympic Games in Berlin. Hiding their anti-semitism and plans for territorial expansion, the Nazis exploited the Olympic ideal.
Hitler's Olympics features in the following genres: Olympic and Paralympic games
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Hitler's Olympics was written by Anton Rippon and published by Pen & Sword Military
Hitler's Olympics has 228 pages