Download 1936 Berlin Olympics - St. Pius X High School

Nazi Germany
Humiliation of Germany
• Treaty of Versailles
– The conditions of Germany’s surrender in the treaty lead to
WWII.
• War Guilt Clause
– Germany accepted responsibility for the The Great War, most
Germans felt animosity towards this clause.
• War Debts from defeated Germany crippled their economy
– US loaned money to France and England during the war and
after for reconstruction.
– Both countries were unable to pay there debts, and as a result
required Germany to pay Reparations for the war cost
– World Depression in the 1930’s crippled Germany’s Economy
• German Disarmament
– Germany was forced to disband their military and agreed not
to rearm
• Lost Territory
– Germany was forced to give up lands that were valuable
economically and culturally
Rise of the Fascism
• Fascism – Extreme Nationalism
• Italy
– 1922 Benito Mussolini seized
Power and established a
Fascist Government
– Came to power using a
socialist and ultra nationalist
political platform
– Suppressed all political
opposition
Fascism Cont.
• Germany
– National Socialist German
Workers (Nazi) Party
copied Italian Fascism in
its rise to power
– Economic Depression
allowed Party to displace
the Weimar Republic
– Party made Adolf Hitler
Chancellor and quickly
gave him dictatorial
powers
– Hitler copied Mussolini
style of Fascism
– Nazi police state was
established which
persecuted Jews
– Rearmed in defiance of
the Versailles Treaty
– Left league of Nations
Fascism Cont
• Spain
– 1936 the Spanish Civil
War took place
– Francisco Franco defeated
the Communist back
government and
established a Fascist
Dictatorship with the help
of Germany and Italy
– Stayed Neutral in the
during WWII
1936 Berlin Olympics
• Germany won the Olympic
bid in 1931, which predated
the rise of the Nazi Party
• Despite the Nazi treatment of
the Jews and other
“undesirables”, the
International Olympic
Committee allowed the
games to continue
• Hitler Used the games to
promote Nazi philosophy and
Aryan “supremacy”
• The Olympic TV coverage
was the first broadcast to be
powerful enough to go into
outer space
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Opening Ceremonies
Jesse Owens
• He is considered the hero of
the 1936 Berlin Olympics
• Won Four Gold Medals at the
1936 Games
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100m Dash
200m Dash
Long Jump
4 x 100m Relay
• His winning as a direct
defiance to Hitler’s
philosophy of Aryan
Superiority
An Aggressive Hitler
• Signed the AntiComintern Pact
– Created the Rome-BerlinTokyo Axis of defense
• Rebuilt the German
Military
• Reoccupied the Rhineland
• Forced Austria into a
political and military
union
• Seized German speaking
lands in Czechoslovakia
and Lithuania
• Signed a Non-Aggression
Pact with Russia
• Sept 1st 1939 Invaded
Poland
British Response
• Policy of Appeasement - Make
concessions to Germany in hopes
of avoiding war
• Britain and France declared war
on Germany when Hitler invaded
Poland
• Winston Churchill, the new British
Prime Minister, was egger to fight
and never agreed with the policy
of Appeasement
• The European chapter of WWII is
now underway