Berlin Olympics showcase Nazi Germany
August 1936
Hitler built a stadium for a hundred thousand and invited the world to watch his racial utopia. The embarrassment was Jesse Owens, an African American sprinter who won four gold medals on the Fuhrer's track. Leni Riefenstahl's cameras made a film both beautiful and chilling. Three years later the stadium's soldiers were in Poland.
Related events
1936EuropeWar
Spanish Civil War begins
July 17, 1936Modern Era
1936AfricaPolitics
Italian East Africa proclaimed
May 9, 1936Modern Era
1936EuropePolitics
Stalin's Great Terror begins
August 1936Modern Era
1938North AmericaCulture
War of the Worlds radio broadcast
October 30, 1938Modern Era
1938North AmericaCulture
Seabiscuit beats War Admiral
November 1, 1938Modern Era
1939North AmericaCulture
The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind
1939Modern Era