Hitlers Olympics 1936 By:Micaela Quiroga

• Lasted for two weeks. August 1-16, 1936.
• It signaled Germanys comeback to the real international community after being cut out from the world after the defeat of WWI.
• Hitler and his Nazi dictatorship transformed the city of Berlin to appear as a peaceful and tolerant Germany.
• Any non-Aryan, like Jews or Roma (Gypsies) were allowed to participate in the games when typically, they weren't even allowed to play German sports.
• The regime temporarily removed anti-Jewish signs and newspapers toned down their harsh critics.
• Many Jews in different countries tried to boycott the Games will others won medals in the Berlin Olympics.
• Some Jews even started an organization to move the games to Barcelona, Spain but it was canceled due to the Spanish Civil War outbreak in July 1936.
• Most tourists were unaware that Hitler had ordered for all Roma in Berlin to be roundup.
• By July 16, 1936, 800 Roma were arrested and put into camps.
• Nazi officials also ordered that foreign visitors should not recieve criminal penalties of German anti-homosexuality laws.
• Forty-nine athletic teams from all around the world competed in the games.
• Germany had the largest team with 348 athletes, U.S. haf the second largest with 312 athletes, including 18 Affrican Americans.
• The Soviet Union did not particicapte in the Olympics.
• After the Games, German expasionist policies and rascist persecution accelerated, resulting in WWII and the Holocaust.