Agnes Adachi on the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games

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Éva Székely recalls the 1972 Olympics in Munich

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Hugo Beckerman on the atmosphere in Berlin before the start of the 1936 Olympics

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1936 Berlin Olympic Games Debuted 77 Years Ago Today

Thu, 08/01/2013 - 10:06

Seventy-seven years ago today, the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games commenced in Germany. Memories of the XI Olympiad loom large in many Holocaust survivors’ minds: 171 testimonies in USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education’s Visual History Archive (VHA) mention the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.

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