ABSTRACT
In the contention-ridden history of the modern Olympics, no single festival, summer or winter, has been more controversial than the Berlin Summer Games of 1936. Oddly enough, though, Berlin ’36 also stands as one of the most formative and inuential of the ve-ringed Olympic circuses. In the end, no Olympiad has had a greater impact on the modern world – not just the sporting world – than the one hosted by Adolf Hitler in the German capital.
