SOME PHOTOS

Now, you can see some images about these Olympic Games:

JESSE OWENS

James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was born in Oakville the 12 of September in 1913 and died in Tucson the 31 of  March in 1980. It was a popular American athlete of African American origin. He participated in the Olympic Games of Berlin in 1936, where he won four gold medals: 100m, 200m, long jump and as a member of the winning team in the 4x100 meters relay.

Hitler refused to give the medal for the 100m and it says that whispered that Americans should be embarrassed of themselves to let compete at a "black" for them.

OPENING CEREMONY

Here you can see a video about the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games in Berlin.

THE INFLUENCE OF THE NAZI IDEOLOGIES

The German Olympic committee, in accordance with Nazi directives, virtually barred Germans who were Jewish or Roma or had such an ancestry from participating in the Games. This decision meant exclusion for many of the country's top athletes such as shotputter and discus thrower Lilli Henoch. During the Games, Fürstner , the commandant of the Olympic Village, was abruptly replaced for being Jewis. Fürstner committed suicide shortly after the conclusion of the Berlin Olympics because he learned the Nuremberg Laws classified him as a Jew.

SOME MYTHS OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES

One myth says that Adolf Hitler would have tried to use the games to prove his theories of racial superiority.

Another myth, refers to one of the most popular athletes of the Games, Jesse Owens, who won 100m, 200m, 4x100m and long jump. This myth states that Hitler refused to shake hands with Owens. Hitler personally congratulated only the first two winners of the games ( breaking the protocol since should not congratulate anyone in person).

Another urban legend is that the games were a moment of humiliation for the Nazi regime because some black athletes won a great number of medals, but in reality, the competition was not a humiliation for Nazi Germany, because the host nation managed to collect more medals than other countries.

BERLIN 1936

Hello all! Here you can see a Power Point about the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936. In these slides, you can learn a lot of things about this games, such as the main athletes, the torch, the medal... and a little of the history of this Olympic Games. I think this Power Point is very useful if you want to learn more about this games.