Effects Of 1936 Olympics On Nazi Germany

In August 1936 the world came together for the summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, the capital of Nazi Germany. Even though several countries threatened to boycott the Summer Olympics that year all countries in the end put aside their differences and sent their athletes to compete in the games. With the amount of events leading up to the Olympics, the large number of superstar athletes, and how it left Berlin, Germany feeling more powerful then ever the 1936 Olympics were a year of games to remember. In 1931, the International Olympic Committee awarded the 1936 Summer Olympics to Berlin. “The committee hoped this would help Germany return to the world community after its isolation in the aftermath of defeat in World War I” (The Nazi Olympics…). Two years after awarded the 1936 Olympic games, Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany and quickly turned Germany’s democracy into a one-party dictatorship. This dictatorship persecuted Jews, Gypsies, and all political opponents. The Nazi claim to control all aspects of German life also extended to sports. Adolf Hitler did not want the games to go on but saw them as a good
The 1936 Olympics had solidified Hitler's position on the world state, letting him dream and plan for Nazi Germany's conquest of Europe. When German forces invaded the countries surrounding Germany, many Jewish athletes, both winners and participants of the Olympics, would fall under the net of Nazi persecution. Despite their athletic prowess, these European Jews would not be exempt from the genocidal policies. At least sixteen known Olympians perished during the Holocaust. Up until when German forces invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, and embroiled the world in another world war; Hitler was on his way to fulfulling his dream of having all future Olympic Games held in