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March 2, 2018

Hitler’s Great Public-Relations Victory at the 1936 Olympics

A gold medal in whitewashing.

At this year’s Winter Olympics, much was made of the participation of North Korea, which took the opportunity to score propaganda points. In Berlin, 1936 (recently published in English translation), the historian Oliver Hilmes tells the story of an attempt by another totalitarian regime to use the Olympics to show its best face to the world. Liam Hoare writes in his review:

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March 2, 2018

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    A gold medal in whitewashing.