Nazi Games
Title: Nazi Games
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 4149 | Pages: 15 (approximately 235 words/page)
Nazi Games
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 4149 | Pages: 15 (approximately 235 words/page)
The 1936 Olympics have become a mere footnote in history, remembered mostly for the heroics of Jesse Owens. The events that followed in Germany, namely the Holocaust and World War II overshadowed the Berlin games. However, it is very important to note that a world gathering like the Olympics could take place in a country that was in the process of eliminating an entire race of people. These games were used by the Nazis as a
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plans because it would have made them look bad in front of their own people and it would have made the games that year a disaster. 30 million would have been wasted on an Olympics with no significant countries participating. That being said the world can hardly be blamed for going to the Berlin Olympics, because who could have ever dreamed that in ten years these same gracious hosts would have murdered over six million Jews