This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/1/2023
This lot features a 1936 German Olympic book that includes an Olympic map as well as photos of athletes inside. The 1936 Olympics, held in Berlin, Germany, were notable for their politically charged atmosphere under Nazi rule. Adolf Hitler saw the Games as an opportunity to showcase Aryan supremacy, but American track and field athlete Jesse Owens shattered these notions by winning four gold medals, becoming a symbol of athletic excellence and a powerful rebuke to Hitler's racist ideology.