How Hitler Hijacked World Sport (eBook)

The World Cup, the Olympics, the Heavyweight Championship and the Grand Prix

Christopher Hilton (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2011
160 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7524-7845-6 (ISBN)

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Adolf Hitler understood the importance of sport, and exercised his malign and dangerous influence to try to co-opt it for the Nazi cause. He intended to own the Olympic movement, housing it permanently in Berlin from 1940 in a stadium seating 450,000 people. His hijack of the 1936 Games remains one of sport's most controversial events, using it as he did to promote Aryan supremacy and showcase the Nazi state. Austria was forced to withdraw from the 1938 football World Cup just days before it started because the country no longer existed. The boxing matches between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling in 1936 and 1938 came to represent democracy versus fascism. German technology crushed all comers in Grand Prix racing, as well as the Isle of Man TT. A government ministry was even set up to use physical fitness to prepare the population for war. Hitler understood that sport has many uses: this is how he used it.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.11.2011
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Motor- / Rad- / Flugsport
• Themenwelt: Sport ► Ballsport ► Fußball
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: 1936 • 1936 berlin olympics • 1936 olympic games • 1936 olympics • 1938 • 1938 football world cup • Adolf Hitler • aryan supremacy • Berlin • Boxing • boxing match|grand prix • Democracy • Fascism • Football • football world cup • government ministry • Grand Prix • grand prix, isle of man tt, government ministry, heavyweight boxing championship, heavyweight championship • heavyweight boxing championship • Heavyweight Championship • Hitler • Isle of Man TT • Joe Louis • Max Schmeling • Nazi • Nazi Party • Nazis • Olympic Games • Olympic movement • Olympics • Olympic Stadium • physical fitness|world cup • Sport • sport, nazi, nazis, olympic movement, the olympics, olympics, berlin, olympic stadium, stadium, 1936 olympics, 1936 olympic games, olympic games, 1936, 1938 football world cup, world cup, football, football world cup, 1938, joe louis, max schmeling, boxing, democracy, fascism, boxing match • Stadium • The Olympics • World Cup
• ISBN-10: 0-7524-7845-1 / 0752478451
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7524-7845-6 / 9780752478456