Tom Lavery
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Thomas Patrick Lavery was a South African sprinter and hurdler. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics 110 metre hurdles and 4×100 metre relay, but failed to reach the finals. At the 1938 Empire Game
Lavery at the 1938 British Empire Games
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