BERLINER ILLUSTRIRTE ZEITUNG; 1936 OLYMPICS IN BERLIN: Olympia- Sonderheft - Preis 1 Mai

Berlin: Ullstein, 1936. First Edition. 4to, pp. 96. Bound in stiff illustrated wraps. While the text is in German, the rear cover has the contents in French and English. Illustrated w/ black & white photos and some color illustrations. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15"
Condition: This is folio size magazine in good condition. There's a corner piece of the cover that's torn, but laid in to the magazine. The back of the cover has some small tears and chips. Inside the magazine is in very good condition with one or two marginal small tears. (please see photos)

About the 1936 Olyimpics in Berlin:
Chancellor Adolf Hitler saw the Games as an opportunity to promote his government and ideals of racial supremacy. However, when threatened with a boycott of the Games by other nations, he relented and allowed Black people and Jewish people to participate, and added one token participant to the German team—a German woman, Helene Mayer, who had a Jewish father.
To outdo the Los Angeles Olympics of 1932, Adolf Hitler had a new 100,000 seat track-and-field stadium built, as well as six gymnasiums and many other smaller arenas. Jesse Owens won on four gold medals in the sprint and long jump events and became the most successful athlete to compete in Berlin while Germany was the most successful country overall with 89 medals total, with the United States coming in second with 56 medals.Under the Third Reich, the Berliner Illustrirte like all other German publications was subject to Joseph Goebbels' Propaganda Ministry.