1936 Summer Olympics
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The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XI Olympiad and branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the r
A "Jews not welcome" sign of the kind removed for the Games
Nude statues installed in Berlin's streets
Berlin decked out with German and Nazi flags during the Games
A 1935 cartoon by John Henry Amshewitz attacking the staging of the Games in Nazi Germany
1940 Summer Olympics
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The 1940 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XII Olympiad, was a planned international multi-sport event scheduled to have been held from 21 September to 6 October 1940, in Tokyo Cit
Poster for the 1940 Games, when they were scheduled to be held in Tokyo
Souvenir flag (1936)
Equipment manufactured by Yle, the Finnish broadcasting company, and AEG for the purpose of broadcasting coverage of the 1940 Games
Helsinki Olympic Games 1940 poster competition in 1938