“German sport has only one task: to strengthen the character of the German people, imbuing it with the fighting spirit and steadfast camaraderie necessary in the struggle for its existence.”
- Joseph Goebbels
Joseph Goebbels was one of the first individuals of the Third Reich to realize that the Olympics in Berlin could be used as a showcase for German superiority. Interestingly enough, at the outset, Hitler was not too enthusiastic about hosting the Games in Germany. His viewpoint radically changed when Goebbels proposed the idea of promoting the German nation using the Olympiastadion as a major tool to do so. Naturally, Goebbels and Hitler exploited the fact that many thousands of individuals across the world would be uniting at a single point in Berlin. As such, the regime poured in roughly twenty million Reichmarks to the cause of promoting Aryan dominance and showcasing that to the world.
Joseph Goebbels was one of the first individuals of the Third Reich to realize that the Olympics in Berlin could be used as a showcase for German superiority. Interestingly enough, at the outset, Hitler was not too enthusiastic about hosting the Games in Germany. His viewpoint radically changed when Goebbels proposed the idea of promoting the German nation using the Olympiastadion as a major tool to do so. Naturally, Goebbels and Hitler exploited the fact that many thousands of individuals across the world would be uniting at a single point in Berlin. As such, the regime poured in roughly twenty million Reichmarks to the cause of promoting Aryan dominance and showcasing that to the world.
