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9781844154449
For two weeks in August 1936, Nazi Germany achieved a propaganda coup when it staged the Olympic Games in Berlin. Hiding their anti-semitism and plans for territorial expansion, the Nazis exploited the Olympic ideal. This volume tells the story of those remarkable Games, the first to overtly use the Olympics for political purposes.Rippon, Anton is the author of 'Hitler's Olympics', published 2006 under ISBN 9781844154449 and ISBN 1844154440.
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