... German Government supported this picture. There underlining purpose in supporting "Olympia" was to promote the positive principles (as perceived by the Nazis) of National Socialism to the world. Germany is an example of politics entering the Olympic stadium. National Socialism was the approach which drove the Nazi government. The communist state began segregating between athletes, when it removed any Jewish participants wishing to assist there nation in the Olympics from competing in an East German uniform. This was a direct violation of the Olympic charter; 'oppose any political abuse of sport and athletes'. The purpose of the ban was to show the Nazi's belief in the idealistic superior (people with blonde hair and blue eyes) and the inferior others could not compete against this finer class. However Hitler failed in his attempt to use the Games to prove his theory of racial superiority. Jesse Owens an American black athlete, who won ...

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