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  • Essay / Global Competition: The Olympic Games - 1354

    The Olympic Games may be the greatest competition in the world, but they also serve as a way to unite the world around the particular sports that athletes love and play. Athletes work as hard as they can to compete with the best. The Olympic Games are undoubtedly special, but there is one that has forever changed the games of the future. The 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany was a game changer for future games in many ways, it sparked new traditions and showed the world that Nazi Germany wasn't so bad after all. This all sounds great, but the Nazis staged the whole thing. They wanted to use these games for their own benefit and show that their way was best. Nazi Germany's goal was to bring the world on its side and show it that it could be at peace. What better place for this than the 1936 Olympics. World War I had just ended and Germany had become isolated and Nazi Germany not only wanted their power back, but more. The 1936 Olympics were approaching, and Nazi Germany decided that hosting the games would be a great way to return to power. They decided to take a chance on hosting the games and won in Barcelona, ​​Spain. Adolph Hitler became chancellor and ruled Nazi Germany through a dictatorship. Hitler wanted to ensure that his Nazi Party and its racial supremacy were promoted throughout the games. Hitler had drawn up the official documents for the Olympics and wanted to ensure that Jews and blacks could not participate in the Berlin Games. This did not go well for Hitler as the Amateur Athletic Union planned to boycott the move and he later agreed to let them participate. Now, since Hitler had a peace plan, he decided to let Helene Mayer participate in his fencing team. Mayer was known as a Miscellaneous... middle of paper...... nt to visitors in general, especially big businessmen. "Hiter had many ideas on how to take control and included one idea on hosting all the events. An Olympic Games for the end times. Here is an actual quote from the conversation Hitler had with Albert Speer at spring 1937: “In 1940 the Olympic Games will be held in Tokyo But then they will be held in Germany forever, in this stadium Obviously, this never happened since Germany only hosted. two Olympic Games In conclusion, Nazi Germany had a great plan to take revenge on the rest of the world and they executed it very well. They managed to make everyone believe that they weren't that racist. , controlling and inhumane than everyone thought By putting the nations on their side, they thought they could control everything, but this is all pretty twisted...