Adolf HitlerAugust 1936
Germany hosts the Olympics, the most ceremonial up to that time
Germany · Government / NSDAP Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Germany hosts the Olympics, the most ceremonial up to that time
Commissioned by Hitler to film the Olympic games, called Olymia & completed 1 yr later
Heydrichs suppresses dissent prior to and during the 1936 Olympics, a task he executes with a cold and systematic ruthlessness that gains him the German Olympia Honor Badge (First Class) (Deutsches Olympiaehrenzeich)
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