Iris Cummings Critchell, last living Olympian from 1936 Berlin Games and aviation pioneer, dies at 104
Iris Cummings Critchell, an aviation pioneer who was believed to be the last living Olympian from the 1936 Berlin Games, died ...
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The Jesse Owens Olympics: Berlin 1936
Berlin's Olympic stadium is best remembered for African American Jesse Owens four golds in 1936, amidst Nazi propaganda promoting "Aryan racial superiority". They've even named a road after him in ...
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Olympic torch relay was created by the Nazis in 1936
On August 1, 1936, Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler opened the 11th Olympic Games in Berlin ... Greece into the stadium. "The sportive, knightly battle awakens the best human characteristics.
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1936 - Berlin
Yet Jesse Owens' performances in the Berlin Olympics of 1936 were tainted and are remembered ... The German leader attended the Berlin stadium daily, fervently celebrating home winners - and ...