When Nazi Germany hosted the Summer Olympics

Eighty years ago, Adolf Hitler welcomed the world to see the "New Germany"

The Olympic torch arrives at the start of the summer Olympics in Berlin, 1936.
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(Image credit: (Getty Images)In 1931, the International Olympic Committee made a gesture of inclusion to Germany, which had been isolated since the end of World War I, by awarding Berlin the 1936 Summer Gam)

(Image credit: (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)By 1936, the dark rumblings of Hitler's tyranny had grown thunderous, as headlines revealed an increasingly militarized and segregated Germany. Jews were being sh)

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(Image credit: (Getty Images)For two weeks in August, Berlin was flooded with athletes and tourists from all over the world. More countries participated in the Berlin Games than in any other Olympics up to)

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Lauren Hansen
Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.

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