Hitler's Olympics: the Story of the 1936 Nazi Games (Hardcover, New edition)

For two weeks in August 1936, Nazi Germany achieved an astonishing 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, dazzling visiting spectators and journalists alike with an image of a peaceful, tolerant Germany. In Hitler's Olympics, Anton Rippon tells the story of those remarkable Games, the first to overtly use the Olympic festival for political purposes. His account, which is illustrated with almost 200 rare photographs of the event, looks at how the rise of the Nazis affected German sportsmen and women in the early 1930s. And it reveals how the rest of the world allowed the Berlin Olympics to go ahead despite the knowledge that Nazi Germany was a police state.

General

Imprint:	Pen & Sword Military
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2006
First published:	September 2006
Authors:	Anton Rippon
Dimensions:	235 x 170 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	224
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-84415-444-9
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Sporting events, tours & organisations > Olympic games
LSN:	1-84415-444-0
Barcode:	9781844154449

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