The grand themes and controversial issues from the 1936 Games have continued to this day.
Featuring never before seen archival footage and new research, “The Nazis Games” reveals how the Olympics as we have come to know them were shaped by the collaboration of interests between Hitler and ambitious Olympic gentlemen. After initial distrust, both, the IOC and the Nazis found common ground in turning the 1936 Games into the biggest Olympic show the world has ever seen.
AIR DATE 8/1/16
See how the Nazis and the IOC turned, to their mutual advantage, a relatively small, elitist sports event into an epic global and mass media spectacle that, despite the IOC’s determined attempts to forget, continues to this day.
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