The Role of Racial Concepts in Nazi Germany's 1936 Berlin Olympic Games

Essay

Table of Contents
Topic: What role did racial concepts play in Nazi Germany's hosting of the 1936 Berlin Olympic
Games?.............................................................................................................................................3
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................3
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................7

Topic: What role did racial concepts play in Nazi Germany's hosting of the
1936 Berlin Olympic Games?
Introduction
The 1936 Summer Olympics which was officially known as Games of the XI Olympiad or
Nazi Olympics included several controversial activities. In the mentioned period of time a sport
event was held from 1 to 16 August in Berlin, Germany as a result of voting. There was high
political instability at the time when game were held as Nazi Party was in power in 1933 which
was two years after Berlin was awarded the Games. Further, its racial policies led to international
debate about a boycott of the Games. The given essay report will evaluate on various role did
racial concept play in Nazi Germany's hosting of 1936 Berlin Olympic Games (Bale and
Christensen, 2020).
Main Body
Berlin 1936 Olympic Games, athletic festival held in Berlin which took place in August 1-
16, 1936 was 10th occurrence of the modern Olympic Games. The time at which game were
being organised was in political charged atmosphere. During such times there were several false
promises which were made in respect to giving assurance about giving chance to qualified
Jewish athletes being part of German team and not managing the game by promoting Nazi
ideology. However, such promises were being routinely failed by government of Adolf Hitler's
government. Because of such racial practices there was huge controversies which was being
created in the region. As there were several instances which led to fame the violation of human
rights during that period of time. The 1936 Olympic Games took place in a tumultuous and
politically heated environment. The Nazi Party came to power in 1933, two years after Berlin
was granted the Games, and its racist actions prompted calls for a boycott of the Games
throughout the world. Fearing a boycott, the International Olympic Committee pressed
Germany's leadership for guarantees that qualified Jewish athletes would be included in the
German squad and that the Games would not be used to promote Nazi philosophy. Adolf Hitler's
regime, on the other hand, consistently failed to keep such commitments. Only one German
athlete was of Jewish descent pamphlets and speeches praising the Aryan race's natural
superiority were widely distributed; and the Reich Sports Field, a newly constructed sports
complex covering 325 acres (131.5 hectares) and featuring four stadiums, was adorned with Nazi