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NAZI OLYMPICS DIE WOCHE MAGAZINE
DIE WOCHE
ILLUSTRATED NAZI MAGAZINE
IN FOUR LANGUAGES
(ENGLISH, GERMAN,
ITALIAN AND FRENCH)
FROM THE SUMMER OLYMPICS
IN BERLIN IN 1936
ILLUSTRATED NAZI MAGAZINE
IN FOUR LANGUAGES
(ENGLISH, GERMAN,
ITALIAN AND FRENCH)
FROM THE SUMMER OLYMPICS
IN BERLIN IN 1936
This is one of the most desirable and difficult to locate issues of the famous Nazi illustrated weekly magazine DIE WOCHE (The Week) published at the close of the Summer Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936.
The big 9-3/4 x 12-1/2 inch, 96 page magazine probably covers the Summer Olympics better than most of the books on the subject, and all the text and photo captions are in four languages! The languages are German, English, Italian and French. The photo content is spectacular.
The 1936 XI Olympiad in Berlin or the “Nazi Olympics” as they are often called, were officially opened by Nazi Führer Adolf Hitler on 1 August 1936. The enormously talented Leni Riefenstahl produced a truly earth shaking movie documentary of the Olympic Games which detractors have referred to as “Nazi propaganda” in an effort to discredit her genius.
Because the Games were held in Germany during the Third Reich, reports of them have always been a source of misinformation and anti-German propaganda. Anyone who watches the History Channel or other popular entertainment television channels of the same kind “knows” how disappointed Hitler and the Nazis were that American negro Jesse Owens won so many medals. The problem with that knowledge is, it is not correct. It is post-Olympic anti-German propaganda.
If you read this issue of Die Woche, you will find that not only the American team but Jesse Owens in particular were very popular with everyone in attendance at the Olympics, including Hitler and the German public. Owens is described in one caption as “the wonderful runner and long jumper”. The caption under another photo says “the Führer gives his signature to the swiftest woman in the world, Helen Stephens, U.S.A.”
Hundreds of excellent photographs depict the sports of the Olympics from track and field to swimming, sailing, shooting, fencing and boxing. Hitler, Riefenstahl and other important figures of the 1936 Olympic Games are shown as well. A three-page chart lists the winners of all the Olympic events of the 1936 Summer Games.
When found 70+ years after the fact, examples of this big issue of Die Woche are invariably in beat-up condition, often with pages missing. This one is complete and in very good condition.
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This rare 1936 Olympic issue of Die Woche is
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There is more original 1936 Olympic Games material for sale on this website:
Third Reich bakelite model of the Olympic Stadium, click HERE.
Bound set of 15 daily Olympiazeitung newspapers, click HERE.
Berlin Olympics event ticket & map, click HERE.
Leni Riefenstahl's OLYMPIA movie brochure, click HERE.
Original 1936 Olympic Games photo book, click HERE.
Olympic Art exhibition catalog, click HERE.
Third Reich bakelite model of the Olympic Stadium, click HERE.
Bound set of 15 daily Olympiazeitung newspapers, click HERE.
Berlin Olympics event ticket & map, click HERE.
Leni Riefenstahl's OLYMPIA movie brochure, click HERE.
Original 1936 Olympic Games photo book, click HERE.
Olympic Art exhibition catalog, click HERE.
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