Hitler Aryan Discrimination

Hitler’s system of beliefs are seen as an extreme case of racism. He discriminated against people who did not meet the specific standards that were expected of people belonging to the Aryan race. Anyone who did not qualify was considered a ‘weak link’ to society according to Hitler’s views. He strongly believed in terminating these outcast and did everything in his power to eradicate them. In the beginning years, pre 1936 Olympics, this had not occurred as it had in the later years before and during the war. Although Hitler’s ‘wrath’ had not come to its full extent, people were still seeing the implications of his racist ideals. It was easy to see across the board within his society. Many people began seeing their friends and families being

This was placed into effect before the Olympic Games in the year of 1933. The “Aryan’s only” policy was placed on all German athletic associations and greatly impacted the roster of athletes that were to move on to the Olympic Games in 1936. The main purpose of the games was for the media attention it would bring. Germany masked their wrong-doings for the two week time frame the games were going on and used the games as a propaganda ‘stunt’ to display their self proclaimed dominance. Hitler thought he could make it known to the world that his Aryan race was dominant by using the games. Having won the bid for the 1936 Olympics, he believed it would be a good idea to increase the chances of a member of the Aryan race to win. Once he limited the German team to only Aryan athletes, he figured it would be an easy journey to the podium. This proved difficult when all of the world class athletes from around the world arrived in Germany and began dominating the games. Many athletes who were not from Germany began winning and this was something Hitler could not stand to observe. Evidence even supports an example when Hitler actually left the stadium when an African- American man won one of the most watched events of the Olympic games. It angered him that a non-Aryan athlete had beaten his ‘dominant athletes’. The quality of athletes prevented the

It would be nearly impossible for someone to argue against the fact that Hitler was indeed racist. He included prejudice remarks in his speeches, propaganda, and most importantly his actions. The outcome of the games did not come out in Hitler’s favor and made the ‘dominant race theory’ completely irrelevant. Even though it was irrelevant, it did not prevent Hitler from believing and he continued with his harsh and unfair treatments of others. Hitler’s power was used in a negative way in attempts to completely eradicate anyone who did not meet his strict standards. Although the Holocaust had not occurred before the Olympics, it was in the beginning stages. Many non-Aryan people were being taken away from their friends, families, and the lives they had built for themselves. This possessed a threat to the participating nations. Other countries saw the mistreatment of these people and did not want to bring their top performing athletes to a country that they could potentially be harmed or possibly even killed. Many of the countries ended up involving themselves even though they had attempted to boycott the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany. They did this at great risk, but they were not going to allow an unruly leader to ruin a global event. It proved a good idea to compete because these athletes were able to put the attention they received towards the country they were representing. This was good