In 1936, Americans looked on as Adolf Hitler remilitarized western German lands near the Rhine River and the eastern border of France. Hitler's action was designed to create a diplomatic crisis by ...

Jesse Owens defeated the athletes of the Third Reich at the Berlin Olympics, but the racism continued long after he returned ...

Explore how the Nazis used sport as a tool for ideology and propaganda, the promotion of physical education, and the systemic ...

Jonkers Rare Books explained why the 1936 children’s book The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf was banned for having a political agenda in Spain (after the Spanish Civil War) and in Germany ...

On August 1, 1936, Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler opened the 11th Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. In doing so, he inaugurated what is now a famed ritual of a lone runner bearing a torch carried from ...

In an interview with Germany’s Sport Bild, Bach discounted the role the 1936 Olympics in Berlin would have on the decision for 2036. That host city won’t be chosen until after Bach steps down ...