Informative Essay: The Influence Of The Olympics In 1936

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Every four years the finest athletes in the world all come together to compete in the most important sports competition they will ever be a part of, the Olympics. In 1936, the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany were dominated by America and Germany. Germany came in first, overall, with about 628 points, America came in second with about 451 points, and Italy, Hungary, and Japan placed far behind them. During this time, Hitler was beginning to gain a lot of power in Germany, therefore he controlled the 1936 Olympics. He was very controlling and caused a lot of countries to be nervous to attend them. Many countries had victories other than Germany and America too, however. One person who unquestionably dominated the 1936 Olympics Track and Field …show more content…

Hitler had a say in almost everything in these Olympic Games. He saw the Berlin Olympics as a chance to advance the Nazi beliefs and get more countries on their side. He provided extensive funding for them too. Therefore, he had even more power. Because he had so much power and disliked Jewish people, he excluded anyone who was at Jewish all from the games. Many Jews boycotted these Olympics and, under pressure, the Nazis decided to put one half-Jewish person on their team in secret and allow other Jews to compete on other teams. The contestant’s name was Helene Mayer, but Joe Goebbels forbid the Nazis to admit that he was Jewish. Luckily, he had blonde hair to help him blend in with the other blonde Germans. Joe Goebbels was Hitler’s friend and colleague who took care of all the public events and propagandas. He caused most Jewish people to lose their jobs, he started a public burning of “un-German” books, and was in charge of Nazi films and other productions. He helped Hitler with many things, including the 1936 Olympics. Goebbels was loyal to Hitler until he died. Goebbels was so disappointed after Hitler killed himself that he poisoned his kids and he and his wife killed themselves. Even before World War II started Hitler affected many lives, especially the Jewish and his close friends and colleagues, just like Joe

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