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I meanwhile, a pecked stadium and
flagged grape chearing streets. Greek Chancellor Hitler

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on his way to perform the euthening
ceremony. Hello and welcome. This is

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the WBZ book Club. I'm Jordan
rich In the new book Played the Games

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of the nineteen thirty six Berlin Olympics, authors Richard Kaufman and Glenn Allen looking

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at the history of this very dramatic
sporting event, a spectacle of propaganda led

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by Hitler and the Nazis. The
Games of the nineteen thirty six Berlin Olympics

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were controversial for so many reasons,
including the anti Semitism not only in Germany,

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but on the part of the American
Olympic Committee President Avery Brundage. Despite

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the campaign of anti Semitism on the
part of the Nazis, Brundage pushed for

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the nineteen thirty six Berlin Games to
take place. There was definite complicity between

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Brundage and the Nazi regime, while
at the same time, proud and courageous

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American athletes dealt with incredible pressure and
managed to win many medals under the banner

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of the swastika. When sport collided
with politics in a terrific history called played

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the Games of the nineteen thirty six
Berlin Olympics. And that's the book Club.

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