Headline

Worldwide Effort to Boycott Olympics Gains Momentum as Germany is Barred from Participating in Chess Olympiad

Sub-Headline
Senators Gerry and Walsh Urge United States Not to Take Part in Berlin Olympics; Resolution by Congressman Celler Would Ban federal funds or Team's Expense
Publication Date
Friday, August 23, 1935
Historical Event
Amateur Athletic Union Says “Yes” to Berlin Olympics
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Jewish newspapers
Anti-Nazi Protest and Activism
Public Responses in America
Article Type
News Article
Newspaper
The Detroit Jewish Chronicle and the Legal Chronicle
Location
Detroit, Michigan
Page Section and Number
1
Author/Byline
WNS
History Unfolded Contributor
Margaret L.
Location of Research
Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History

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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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