Hitler's Olympics: Jewish runners 'betrayed' by U.S. Athletics

Photos: U.S. runners 'betrayed' at Hitler's Olympics
Eternal flame – Nancy Glickman lights the flame at the European Maccabi Games in Berlin. She is the youngest daughter of Marty Glickman, one of two Jewish-American athletes denied the chance to run at the 1936 Olympics in the German capital, along with Sam Stoller.
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Photos: U.S. runners 'betrayed' at Hitler's Olympics
Back to Berlin – The European Maccabi Games are being held in Berlin for the first time. It marks 60 years since the end of the Holocaust and is the biggest Jewish event held in Germany since the end of World War Two. It has attracted 2,300 athletes from 36 different countries.
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Photos: U.S. runners 'betrayed' at Hitler's Olympics
Welcome party – The opening ceremony was held at the "Waldbühne" in Berlin -- a venue regularly used by the Nazis to host events. The traditional parade and concert opened the Games, which run until August 5.
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Photos: U.S. runners 'betrayed' at Hitler's Olympics
Remembering the past – A man wears a Kippa at the "Maifeld" -- a place used by Nazis for mass rallies, near Berlin's Olympic Stadium -- during a Memorial ceremony for the victims of the Holocaust. Six million Jews were murdered by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.
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Photos: U.S. runners 'betrayed' at Hitler's Olympics
The 'Hitler Games' – The Olympics took place in Berlin at a time when Adolf Hitler's Nazi party was cementing its control of Germany. By the time the Games took place in 1936, Hitler had already established a number of anti-Semitic laws which placed restrictions on Germany's Jews.
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