Nazi Games The Olympics of 1936 [Paperback]

The torch relaythat staple of Olympic pageantryfirst opened the summer games in 1936 in Berlin. Proposed by the Nazi Propaganda Ministry, the relay was to carry the symbolism of a new Germany across its route through southeastern and central Europe. Soon after the Wehrmacht would march in jackboots over the same terrain.Athletics and politics collide in a critical event for Nazi Germany and the contemporary world.