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Left, a close-up of the Olympic Bell ("Calling the Youth of the World") on the front cover of this example of Olympia 1936.
This is a very good used original example of the Third Reich German book DIE OLYMPISCHEN SPIELE 1936 IN BERLIN (The Olympic Games 1936 in Berlin - the title OLYMPIA 1936 appears on the cover) as published in 1936 by Cigaretten-Bilderdienst in Altona-Bahrenfeld, Germany. Cigaretten / Bilderdienst was a German tobacco company which published blank books and sets of pictures for those books which they marketed as a promotion for the cigarettes and tobacco they produced. This is one of the best-known books, volume 14 in the series, Band 2 devoted to the history of the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin.
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The 9-1/2 x 12-1/4 inch blue hardcover book contains a total of 168 pages and is illustrated with dozens and dozens of glossy pictures pasted in spaces that were left in the text. Olympia 1936 has an excellent historical text and photo captions that cover the history of the Olympics as well as the 1936 Olympic Summer Games in Berlin in amazing detail.
Perhaps most amazing of all in light of the propaganda seen every day on History Channel, documentaries, British TV and movie productions, etc., etc., is the more than fair treatment given to American athlete Jesse Owens, and for that matter all the black and white American athletes who participated in these games. In a quick examination of the similar historical book published in the United States as a remembrance of the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, one finds almost no reference to the German teams or their individual athletes. In this 1936 German book, you will find many photos (virtually every one highly complimentary) of American athletes as individuals, as teams, with their new-found German friends, etc., etc.
All the sports are covered from mens and ladies track and field through swimming and other water sports, boxing, wrestling, weight lifting, soccer, hockey, gymnastics, bike racing, shooting, riding, skiing, ski jumping, ice hockey, skating, sledding, etc.
The history of the modern Olympics are covered from the first one in Athens in 1896 through each of the host cities. There are pictures of the competitor’s flags, 1936 Olympic posters, the Olympic Village, and Nazi Olympic officials.
The history of the modern Olympics are covered from the first one in Athens in 1896 through each of the host cities. There are pictures of the competitor’s flags, 1936 Olympic posters, the Olympic Village, and Nazi Olympic officials.
The sets of black and white and full-color pictures that Cigaretten-Bilderdienst provided to be pasted into these kind of books are not actual photographs, but very high-quality halftone prints with white borders varnished in such a way that they look very much like actual black and white glossy photographs.
(THE OLYMPIC GAMES 1936 IN BERLIN)
WITH ORIGINAL DUST JACKET
The 87 year old original 3-1/2 pound example of DIE OLYMPISCHEN SPIELE 1936 IN BERLIN offered for sale on this USMBOOKS web page is complete and in very nice used condition with its rare original dust jacket. It has no odor.
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Other original 1936 Olympic material for sale on USMBOOKS.com: |
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| - a fine 1936 commemorative photo book about the Olympic Village in Berlin |
| - block of 4 original Deutsche Reichspost stamps issued for the Olympische Spiele 1936 |
| - 1936 Olympic postcards printed during the Third Reich |
| - to see other Third Reich cigarette card albums, click HERE. |
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ORIGINAL NAZI SUMMER OLYMPICS PHOTO CARD BOOK OLYMPIA 1936
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