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NAZI OLYMPICS 1936 DAILY NEWSPAPERS
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A HARDBOUND SET OF
OLYMPIAZEITUNG NEWSPAPERS
FROM THE XI SUMMER
OLYMPIC GAMES IN
BERLIN IN 1936
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| This is a fine professionally bound set of all 15 issues of the Olympiazeitung (Olympic Newspaper) as published daily in Berlin, Germany from 4 August through 19 August 1936. The Olympiazeitung was the official organ on the XI Olympic Games, and each photo-filled issue ran about 32 pages with dozens of photos and photo captions in German, English and French. This huge 13 x 18-1/2 inch, clothbound, hardcover book contains over 365 pages of Olympic news and photos and is in fine condition. |
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| While the Olympiazeitung was certainly controlled by the Nazis, readers today would be astonished by the objective coverage given to black athletes and foreign athletes, especially Americans. It is “Hollywood history” today to seriously report that American blacks were officially shunned or even treated badly by their German hosts. This contemporary record tells quite a different story. Cornelius Johnson was likened in a positive way to a panther, and every move Jesse Owens made was studied and reported with curious delight by the Germans. |
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| In addition to coverage of Olympic events, these newspapers gave daily coverage to out-of-the-way venues and special sights like the KdF Village, the State Opera, concerts of the Wehrmacht, various German cities, and the movie being made of the Olympics by the great Leni Riefenstahl. |
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| There are photographs of virtually all the competing athletes, many of Adolf Hitler and other Nazis, and even one of Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich in a black SS uniform watching the fencing competition. Other photos show rows of black uniformed SS men who provided serious crowd-control, and there are big display ads for Mercedes-Benz and Opel cars, Henkell champagne, DWM ammunition, Zeiss binoculars, Mausser guns, etc. There is a three-page table showing all the medal winner’s names and countries, and wonderful coverage of the closing ceremonies |
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| Germany which did not even place among victorious countries at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, easily won more Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals in the 1936 Summer Olympics than any nation. The USA won the second largest number of medals.
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Among the rarest 1936
Olympic material, and
in very good condition!
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This bound set of 15 issues of Olympiazeitung is offered for sale for
$235.00 delivered to any address in the United States of America.
We will be happy to ship abroad at additional cost. Please inquire.
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There is more original 1936 Olympic Games material for sale on this website:
Summer Olympics medal winner commemorative book, click HERE.
Berlin Olympics souvenir cigarette box, click HERE.
Original 1936 Olympic souvenir click HERE.
Special Olympic highlight edition of Die Woche magazine, click HERE.
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