In an attempt to signal Germany's return to the world community after defeat in World War I, the International Olympic Committee awarded the games to Germany in 1931, before Adolf Hitler rose ...

On the 1st August 1936 100000 spectators watched as Hitler and the Olympic delegates arrived at the Olympic opening ceremony in Berlin The Olympic flags hung cheerfully sidebyside banners bearing ...

Radios across the world were tuned in on August 14, 1936 when nine working-class boys from the University of Washington took gold at Hitler's Olympics. Listen to the original radio broadcast ...

The 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, hosted by a freshly appointed Adolf Hitler, were filled with historic moments in both sports and geopolitics. It was the first Olympic Games to be the subject of ...

Malcolm Gladwell isn’t most people. Gladwell, the author, journalist and podcaster, explores the 1936 Berlin Olympics on the latest season of his podcast series “Revisionist History.” ...

Berlin's Olympic stadium is best remembered for African American Jesse Owens four golds in 1936, amidst Nazi propaganda promoting "Aryan racial superiority". They've even named a road after him in ...

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. That boxer was Howell King. At the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where legendary runner Jesse Owens registered what many called a “blow to the Nazi ...

Berlin's Olympic stadium is best remembered for African American Jesse Owens four golds in 1936, amidst Nazi propaganda promoting "Aryan racial superiority". They've even named a road after him in ...

This cloth crest was worn by a German athlete at the 1936 Olympic Games held in Berlin. It was the first mass display of Nazi imagery within world competition. The unknown wearer of this ...

With longstanding ties to Germany, it is no surprise men's handball made its first Olympic appearance in 1936 when Berlin was the host country. Handball took a hiatus from Olympic competition until ...