what we need to answer: Assess the significance of the 1936 Berlin Olympics in Nazi Germany’s consolidation of power and international influence.Sources: – How many people, groups or institutions were affected?
Future generations:
Krupp steel figured into a Nazi invention: the Olympic torch relay. The long run with the flame is now a staple of the games, but the relay didn’t exist before 1936. – https://www.npr.org/2008/06/07/91246674/nazi-olympics-tangled-politics-and-sport
Domestic:
“One must govern well, and good government needs good propaganda,” Goebbels declared in a 1933 speech. –https://www.npr.org/2008/06/07/91246674/nazi-olympics-tangled-politics-and-sport
Jewish: “Jewish-American athletes Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller were denied from running the 400-meter relay by the American Olympic Committee (AOC).Many believed that the AOC did not want to offend Hitler and were outraged that Glickman and Stoller were not allowed to participate in the Games. The two were replaced by Jesse Owens and Ralph Metcalfe.”, President Obama said: “It wasn’t just Jesse. It was other African Americans athletes in the middle of Nazi Germany under the gaze of Adolf Hitler that put a lie to notions of racial superiority-whooped’em- and taught them a thing or two about democracy and taught them a thing or two about the American character.”- https://www.nps.gov/vama/blogs/the-1936-berlin-olympics-and-the-controversy-of-u-s-participation.htm
In April 1933, an “Aryans only” policy was instituted in all German athletic organizations. “Non-Aryans”—Jews or individuals with Jewish parents and Roma (Gypsies)—were systematically excluded from German sports facilities and associations,
As a token gesture to placate international opinion, German authorities allowed the star fencer Helene Mayer to represent Germany at the Olympic Games in Berlin. Mayer was viewed as a “non-Aryan” because her father was Jewish. She won a silver medal in women’s individual fencing and, like all other medalists for Germany, gave the Nazi salute on the podium. No other Jewish athlete competed for Germany in the Summer Games.
On July 16, 1936, some 800 Roma residing in Berlin and its environs were arrested and interned under police guard in a special camp in the Berlin suburb of Marzahn.
American William Shirer, understood that the Berlin glitter was merely a facade hiding a racist and violently oppressive regime.
The Nazi regime also put into practice racial policies that aimed to “purify” and strengthen the Germanic “Aryan” population. A relentless campaign began to exclude Germany’s one-half million Jews from all aspects of German life
.- https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-nazi-olympics-berlin-1936
“In the spring of 1933 … I got a letter from my sports club,” recalled Margaret Lambert, who was Germany’s best high jumper and was known at the time as Gretel Bergmann. Lambert was interviewed for the Holocaust museum’s Nazi Olympics exhibition in 1996.
She said the letter stated, “You are no longer welcome here because you’re Jewish. Heil Hitler.” Lambert then said, “They just threw me out of the club. And that was the end of my sports career as far as that was concerned.”
She and other Jewish athletes were banned from tracks, pools, courts and training facilities. They found it difficult to train on their own.
–https://www.npr.org/2008/06/07/91246674/nazi-olympics-tangled-politics-and-sport
Bkack Americans:
African-American Jesse Owens defied the Aryan ideal by winning four track and field gold medals. Runner John Woodruff also won gold.
“There was very definitely a special feeling in winning the gold medal and being a black man,” Woodruff said. “We destroyed [Hitler’s] master race theory whenever we started winning those gold medals.
– How reported/how received?
People today remember the 1936 Olympics for Jesse Owens’ victories and the consequential embarrassment for Hitler. But that wasn’t how the games were interpreted at the time.
Instead , observers reported that “the Nazis succeeded with their propaganda. That Hitler was really a big winner,” Bachrach says. “Even a political reporter for the The New York Times, Frederick Birchall, comes out after the games saying the games put Germans back in the fold of nations and even made them more human again.”
“to let the Germans see what the outside world thinks of their present ruler.” Avery Brundage opposed the boycott, arguing that politics had no place in sports. https://www.nps.gov/vama/blogs/the-1936-berlin-olympics-and-the-controversy-of-u-s-participation.htm
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the coursework should consist of: Intro- 1) Intro – set the scene. After The first world war, Europe….. Why do we assess significance in history?Remember also to explain what you are going to be looking at in your answer. You must give clear criteria that will focus on aspects such as; Social, Cultural, Political and Economic Main Body -2) 6-8 paragraphs. POINT: Give Context but address the question. EVIDENCE: Refer to evidence. The more specific the examples you give the higher the grade (For your plan find website and stats that you can use in your essay). EXPLANATION: Your explanation must address the question. This was significant for…… because …… Conclusion – 3) Conclusion – return to the question – Summarise your answer clearly. Give your overall judgement here.this is the introduction I’ve written so far: The Berlin Olympics took place in 1936 when the Nazis led in Germany. However, it was not planned that the Nazis would.. since the Olympic committee awarded the Summer Olympics in Berlin on May 13, 1931, two years before Adolf Hitler became chancellor, this choice was made by Count Henri Baillet-Latour as an act to ensure Germany ́s return to the global community after defeat in world war I. Initially, it was a method to show the world how well was Germany under Nazi control and to spread its main ideas. Later on, the Olympics achieved Hitler ́s aims to showcase their doctrine that the Arian race was superior to other races and to spread their ideas globally. Assessing the significance of historical events is important since it examines the long-term importance of the event and can understand why and how it happened. This essay will assess the significance of the 1936 Berlin Olympics on Nazi Germany and enhance its consolidation of power and international influence by exploring and comparing to other propaganda methods used in their regime while analyzing the short-term and long-term impacts on Germany and the world. It will examine the political, social, cultural, and economic aspects of the Berlin Olympics, while also exploring other events the Nazis used to maintain control over Germany during this period.