Headline

Fear of Losing 1936 Olympic Games Behind Drive Against Foreign Correspondents in German Capital

Sub-Headline
Loss of Games Would Be Severe Blow Economically as Well as Politically--Millions of Marks Being Spent on Preparations---Officials Counting on Foreign Money To Boost Declining Business
Publication Date
Tuesday, August 6, 1935
Historical Event
Amateur Athletic Union Says “Yes” to Berlin Olympics
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Anti-Nazi Protest and Activism
Public Responses in America
Article Type
News Article
Newspaper
The Berkshire Evening Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Page Section and Number
1
Author/Byline
Melvin K. Whiteleather (AP)
History Unfolded Contributor
Patricia P.
Location of Research
Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com)

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Bibliography

Bachrach, Susan D. The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936. Boston: Little, Brown, 2000.

Committee on Fair Play in Sports. Preserve the Olympic Ideal: A Statement of the Case Against American Participation in the Olympic Games at Berlin. New York: The Committee, 1935.

Large, David Clay. Nazi Games: The Olympics of 1936. New York: W.W. Norton, 2007.

Lipstadt, Deborah E. “The Olympic Games: Germany Triumphant.” In Beyond Belief: The American Press and the Coming of the Holocaust, 1933-1945, pp. 63-85. New York: Free Press, 1986.

Mandell, Richard D. The Nazi Olympics. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1987.

Rubien, Frederick W., ed. Report of the American Olympic Committee: Games of the XIth Olympiad, Berlin, Germany, August 1-16, 1936: IVth Olympic Winter Games, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, February 6-16, 1936. New York: American Olympic Committee, 1936.

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