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Architecture- Berlin Olympic Stadium |
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architect |
Albert Speer |
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location |
Berlin, Germany. |
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date |
1936 |
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style |
Fascist Stripped Classical (German) |
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construction |
stone, steel |
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type |
sports stadium |
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The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI
Olympiad, were held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin's bid was
preferred over Barcelona by the IOC in April, 1931. Although awarded
before the Nazi Party came to power in Germany, the government saw the
Olympics as a golden opportunity to promote their Nazi ideology.
Film-maker Leni Riefenstahl, a favorite of Hitler, was commissioned to
film the Games. The film, titled Olympia, was arguably a piece of
propaganda, but originated many of the techniques now commonplace to the
filming of sports. The Berlin Olympics also saw the introduction to the
ceremonies of the Olympic Torch bringing the Olympic Flame by relay from
Olympia. Germany's domination of the games was the rule, although there
were exceptions to their domination in the likes of persons such as
Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals. Anti-fascists planned to host a "People's Olympiad" in Barcelona at the Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc (now Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys) as an alternative games to protest the Berlin Olympics but this was cancelled due to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. In 1992 Barcelona hosted the games in the same Olympic Stadium. |
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