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Olympia is a 1938 German documentary film written, directed and produced by Leni Riefenstahl, which documented the 1936 Summer Olympics, held in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin during the Nazi period. The film was released in two parts: Olympia 1. Teil — Fest der Völker (Festival of Nations) (126 minutes) and Olympia 2.
The Opening Ceremony of the 1936 Summer Olympics was the official opening ceremony held on August 1, 1936, at the Reichssportsfeld in Berlin, Germany. [1] [2] It was attended by the German Führer und Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler, as well as several high-profile Nazi figures. [3] [4] German weightlifter Rudolf Ismayr gave the Olympic Oath. [5]
The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1936), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: Spiele der XI. Olympiade ) and officially branded as Berlin 1936 , was an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin , Germany .
Hitler invited Riefenstahl to film the 1936 Summer Olympics scheduled to be held in Berlin, a film which Riefenstahl said had been commissioned by the International Olympic Committee. [41] She visited Greece to take footage of the route of the inaugural torch relay and the games' original site at Olympia , where she was aided by Greek ...
The torch relay was not always a fixture of the modern Olympics, which began in 1896. The relay tradition started at Adolph Hitler's 1936 Berlin Olympics — the Games of the XI Olympiad — and ...
During 1933, Hitler's position changed and as of October 1933 the Games were seen by Hitler as a time to show the strength of the new Nazi Germany to the world; [2] not only would the festivities be exciting and bold, but Hitler anticipated the Germans would dominate in every aspect of athletic competition. [3]
During the 1936 Olympics, Brundage vehemently opposed a U.S. boycott of the event, even labeling Black Americans who considered protesting the Games due to Hitler’s policies as “un-American ...
After placing a middling sixth in the high jump at the 1936 Olympics, Ratjen continued to compete in sports, and in September 1938, set a new world record, scoring 1.7 meters in the high jump at ...