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Article: Stealing Hitler's Show.(Germany, Olympics, 1936)
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- New York Times Upfront
- Article date:
- September 4, 2000
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At the 1936 Olympic Games, an American demolishes Nazi racial theories
Put yourself in the shoes of history's most notorious racist dictator, Adolf Hitler. You've spent a ton of your country's money to host the biggest, gaudiest Olympic Games ever, and you want them to prove that your white countrymen are the world's master race. If one athlete is to win a record number of medals, what color would you like that athlete to be?
This September, when men and women from around the world meet in Sydney, Australia, to compete in the 27th Olympic Games, the pride of many countries will be running high. But almost certainly the Games will lack the bitter ...