Hitler’s Olympics

PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Sunday, July 21, at noon 
Wednesday, July 24, at 1 AM and 5 PM 
Tuesday, July 23, at 8 PM

Fusion (WNEO 45.2 / WEAO 49.2):

Monday, July 22, at 8 PM  

In 1931, the 1936 Olympics were awarded to Berlin. However, Germany would become a very different place in the ensuing five years. Adolf Hitler had risen to power and the Nazis eagerly grasped the propaganda opportunity the Olympics represented. Although some at the time tried to organize boycotts, all too few saw the rotting truth behind the slick façade.

HITLER’S OLYMPICS tells the complete story of the 1936 Berlin games — the early plans, the Nazi takeover, the purge of Jews from German athletics and the grand spectacle itself.