This chapter delves into the broader historical implications of the 1936 Olympics, linking it to influential figures like Heinrich Krieger and the apartheid era in South Africa. It sets the stage for an upcoming discussion on the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, highlighting the recurring themes in Olympic history.
In the early 1930s, a young German law student spent a year in Arkansas, studying American “race law.” The fight over the 1936 Games provided Americans with a chance to study Nazi Germany. But it turns out the Nazis were studying us too.
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