Adolf Hitler's 1936 Olympics, Part 1: The Inception Of Sportswashing

"It's a project of Jews & Freemasons, and a play inspired by Judaism which cannot possible be put on in a Reich ruled by national socialists"

In Part One of this gripping trilogy of How It All Played Out, award-winning journalists Mark Pougatch and Paul Hayward take listeners back to 1930s Berlin to uncover the dark truth behind the 1936 Olympic Games.

Discover how Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime lobbied to host the Olympics, transforming them into a powerful tool of propaganda, nationalism, and the inception of sportswashing. Behind the spectacle lay a chilling reality: the rise of antisemitism in Germany, the early installation of concentration camps, and the global community’s blind eye to the signs of tyranny.

This episode explores:

• How Nazi Germany won the right to host the Olympics in 1931 and Hitler's continual opposition
• Adolf Hitler’s vision for the Games and the IOC’s complicity
• The devastating impact on the Jewish community and marginalised groups
• The origins of using sport as a weapon of politics, racism, and ideology

Step into history where sport, politics, and propaganda collide - revealing a blueprint for how dictators manipulate global events to secure and maintain power.

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