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Walters, Guy.

Berlin games : how Hitler stole the Olympic dream / Guy Walters. - London : John Murray, 2006. - xiv, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-344) and index.

Sporting spirit -- 'A party in such a house may not be a pleasant experience' -- A winter warm-up -- On their marks -- Getting set -- Iberian interlude -- Going there -- The opening -- The first week -- In the sight of the heathen -- The second week -- The legacy. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

Guy Walters presents a compelling history of the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games - a cauldron of discord that forecast the horrors of the Second World War.

ISBN: 0719567831 9780719567834 071956865X 9780719568657

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA633694 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 981755895 DE-101 013431511 Uk

Subjects--Meeting Names:
Olympic Games Berlin, Germany) 1936 : (11th : --Juvenile fiction.
Olympic Games.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Olympics--Political aspects--History--Germany--20th century.
National socialism and sports--Germany.

LC Class. No.: GV722 1936 / .W35 2006b

Dewey Class. No.: 796.4809043