Berlin 1936 - Olympic Games Under the Swastika | Free Documentary History

[@user-qq6rr2je4q]

Fun fact: Adolf "Adi" Dassler, who with his brother Rudolf "Rudi" Dassler owned the small Dassler athletic shoe company, traveled from his hometown to the Olympic Village to hand over a suitcase full of the company's latest athletic shoes to American Jesse Owens, who was admired for his accomplishments by German sports lovers. Owens won his events wearing Dassler shoes. Several years later Adolf and his brother fell out with each other and split the company into two. Adolf chose his new company's name by combining his nickname with the first 3 letters of his surname: Adi + Das = Adidas. His brother didn't follow suit but named his new company Puma.

[@Birdwatching-tng]

Owens was treated better in Germany than in his own homeland. There was segretation laws in the US in this period.

[@lutherandross3165]

Right, and if he was German during this period, he’d be on a train to a concentration camp. So, what’s your point?

[@britishempireno1fan851]

@@lutherandross3165 that’s not true they’re was a african who lived in Germany during ww2 and they survived and wrote a book

[@TheSuperNinjaEX]

@@lutherandross3165 Jews and other ethnicities were killed a lot more in russia and China it really wasn’t a German only thing, they were just on the losing side of history, I’m not defending anyone I’m just telling you how it was from a historical perspective

[@jasonfuchs4304]

What!!? You trolling.

[@lutherandross3165]

@@britishempireno1fan851 one? And they “survived”? Did you read the book? Was it a glowing review of National Socialist racial policy?

[@scottjock]

Be honest. The first concentration camps were not in Dacau Germany, but in South Africa during the Boer war. They were British and killed thousands of mainly women and children through starvation and disease.

[@urbandiscount]

That makes it all ok then

[@CaptnCanada85]

What an odd comment. I don’t think anyone said the German concentration camps were the first ones in history.

[@robertbraun7155]

​@@urbandiscount Not at all but don't just point the finger at one time and place to serve as the only example anyone is ever taught about.

[@Eqilnur]

True. And the first gas-chambers were used under Napoleon.

[@trident6547]

@@robertbraun7155 And concentration camps were used again by the brits in the 1956 Mau Mau uprising in Kenya.

[@jeanmenard3060]

Excellent documentaire ! 🙂👍

[@nefwaenre]

Such an underrated channel. Love your content! People didn't even know what was going to happen. Ah, the last of the remaining great athletes who have actually been there. History lives through them and their story.

[@187mrsmith]

I was gonna watch this until I seen about 20 ads on a video like that's ridiculous bro theres way bigger channels with better documentaries that put way less ads

[@johngulartie-hx8sv]

Lutz Long was a dead ringer for Gavin Newsome !!😂

[@cristinaagudo693]

Thanks

[@JSwan-bd1tc]

My great-grandfather and great-uncle traveled from Chicago to Berlin to attend the Berlin Olympics. In going through my great-uncle's things (while he was alive) I found a box that contained photos and travel memorabilia from their trip in the summer of '36. Olympic pins, brochures, travel guides from Berlin. They returned to the USA on the Queen Mary. They kept cruise memorabilia as well. A directory of guests, shows that Henry Ford and Jesse Owens returned on the Queen Mary on the same trip. Incredible find that had put into albums.

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

wow cool

[@sarahfields288]

It's nice Jesse and Luz kept in touch

[@shanghaiberti4142]

Until luz was killed during the war

[@michaelodonnell9756]

​@@shanghaiberti4142I wonder if Luz Long's son is still alive.

[@TheThatoneguy12121]

@@shanghaiberti4142 I thought he was wounded then ended up dying in a hospital, not in combat?

[@Armada-1935]

That’s the unfortunate ending of many German men during the war… a similar story happened with an Australian Olympian, who was friends with another American colored Olympian named Duke Kahanamoku, a legend here in Hawai’i. The Australian was similar to Luz in his kindness to his fellow man, but unfortunately like him died during the First World War.

[@SharkMinnow]

subscribed! great doc.

[@JulioYagus.]

A great documentary.

[@lisa._.the._.lovely]

love it, keep it comin

[@davidjr9838]

Thank you for creating, editing and sharing this video. If I may make a suggestion? Instead of subtitles, do you think you can pursue the idea of voice overs in English? The wording was difficult to read since it was the color white and it faded into most of the video. Thanks again!

[@gleemunga5420]

I would love to see a documentary on how America treated it's Afro-American citizens during this period??? I truly hope that Jesse Owen's was treated like a star on his arrival home but I'm afraid history tells a very different story!!!

[@sarahfields288]

Yea I wondered this too. And how Jesse was treated by his fellow athletes at the village given he was not segregated there

[@jasonfuchs4304]

America litarly paid for him to be great. Why is this hard?

[@divinewon73]

Jesse Owens was given a hero’s welcome with tickertape parades etc., but all of his opportunities for success in life were taken away from him and he could not even get a really good job. Damn sad.

[@prmayner]

Probably better than the Germans treated the Jews.

[@gleemunga5420]

@@prmayner prolly better than the Jews treat the Palestinians!!!

[@nickkatsaros9138]

Should’ve had subtitles for the old lady! Couldn’t understand a word sadly, otherwise a really good video :)

[@kylelunde5750]

Way too much advertising for me

[@jamespfitz]

Demand your money back

[@cprow0997]

You’re watching this free, remember that.

[@quatermano42]

@@cprow0997 You pay Internet though

[@candykent]

Dude just get premium

[@prmayner]

that's the way it works, They begin with a 2 second ad and before you know it it's a 2 minute ad.

[@berlin1926]

The French need to examine their own anti-Semitic history and complicity in WW2.

[@clarkewi]

Leni Riefenstahl's masterpiece.

[@carlosreyes5371]

Indeed...

[@duke1fan90]

Great video but the caption for English needs to be better.

[@seamusweber8298]

It is a phenomenal stadium where the 1936 Games were staged in Berlin. Fortunate to have visited a couple of times

[@oljanrooney4448]

And now we'are going to have Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics! History is repeating itself...

[@charliebabbitt3314]

You are 1000000000% SPOT ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot believe how eager we are in lending our support to such a tyrannical regime that is hell bent on the USA's demise. I mean we do know and all you have to do is follow the $ and 9.8/10 you'll get your answer....On another note I have heard multiple interviews from persons who fled North Korea and China and they are extremely worried because they are seeing the signs of our own Govt following the same paths.....It's not me saying it, I'm just listening to their speeches.....China has had a social scoring system in place for awhile whereby the Govt monitors people's behavior and if they don't fall in line with how their govt wants them to act they are given poor scores which affects their abilities to get a bank account, take loans, attend schools, etc etc....Now that would never happen in the USA , right....? Big Tech is now boasting that they are giving scores to businesses who don't adhere to how the Govt wants them to act....Bad score then there are serious ramifications.....This isn't a secret and is right there out I the open so It's not part of any "secret" operations--quite the contrary....Right there for anyone to see.......millions of Americans loving every second of it and demanding more shaming and more monitoring of businesses and citizens...It's really quite astonishing............

[@Crumbaa]

@@joemama6071s2w what’s a neek?

[@charliebabbitt3314]

@@joemama6071s2w How are u using the word? Neek has multiple meanings so just trying to figure out your question which is nebulous at best...The fact you can draw upon that word kinda tells me all I need to know but maybe not.?.?.?

[@user-qq6rr2je4q]

Fun fact: On 25 May 1935 a 21 yo Jesse Owens, nursing an injury so severe his coach wanted to pull him, set 5 world records and equaled a 6th all in the space of 45 minutes. G.O.A.T. status achieved

[@johnburrows1179]

I have the original programs and booklets for these games. The German and English programs. The after games reports also, newspapers. All the papers talk about how wonderful germany was, clean, a proud people etc etc. A few years later their opinions changed

[@mix_edits]

free? easy to understand? thats a sub 😤

[@187mrsmith]

I was gonna watch this until I seen about 20 ads on a video like that's ridiculous bro theres way bigger channels with better documentaries that put way less ads

[@erichstocker4173]

The British set up concentration camps during the Boor war to contains the anti-British elements in South Africa. Also, the Austro-Fascists (Catholic right) set up a concentration camp in Austria to house the social democrats and labor leaders with trial. So, there were concentration camps before Dachau. However, they just didn't get to the level of human indecency of the 3rd Reich ones.

[@Yahowah777]

Well that's what we are told.

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

They setup Interment camps in Northern Ireland during the troubles.

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

They setup Interment camps in Northern Ireland during the troubles. That's fact.

[@gavinmorgan2611]

Eisenhower set the worst camps up after the war don’t hear nothing about them.

[@thornil2231]

Churchill the war criminal was part of that.

[@druem]

is there any way you could link me to where you found the confiscated jesse owens letter? i am writing a research paper and would love to use it as one of my sources

[@marcdelente2456]

En 1936 le monde entiers fut fasciné par l esthétisme du 3ème reich tout étaient propres les allemands avaient retrouvés une certaines prospérités .

[@frederikbjerre427]

IOC and FIFA for that matter haven't changed.

[@MrCTruck]

Lmao throw FIA in there too, no indication of changing anytime soon either

[@jons4418]

@@MrCTruck Boy, they must have some old members…..

[@dancalmpeaceful3903]

Owens....one of the greatest black athletes ever......he did more by winning the games than he ever really knew....

[@dansanderson6956]

This flag 🇬🇧 is not England. It is the union flag. This is the English Flag 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. The United Kingdom (and quite literally the flag if you layer them on top of each other) is made up of England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (their flag doesn’t contribute to the Union flag) and Northern Ireland (good luck finding the St Patrick’s Saltire emoji). England alone wasn’t at war with Germany, the whole of the United Kingdom was at war.

[@jewishwhitetiger]

I am only man to walk out with St George flag and name English as a pro boxer and born in Salford hope hospital! Had 3 lose! But if you want to be all patriotic with English country flag and name English I am only one!

[@jewishwhitetiger]

Mike English box rec! In truth it's only reason I got in to boxing! Had my st George flag towels taken of me being told they were racist! Told them to take my name of me English is that racist! Told them wot would you do if i walked out with St George flag and name English in Salford where i was born! I did everything i could to be a pro boxer! Never had no amurter! Came from unlicensed and fighting ex pros some British champions! In end turned pro! Got mess about! But my last pro fight was in Salford and everything I wanted to do I did with my name English and English flag! St George! So moral victory! In Jewish newspaper's now on my dream of star of David and tattoo and being Jewish as my mother side was Jewish and my father side was Irish and Scottish his dad William English was from kilkenny Ireland.

[@GabberPinda]

The flag of the United Kingdom if im right.

[@hugorider7657]

Your documentary is clear and awesome. I would like to request you to produce some documentaries on the history of East Asia/China/Taiwan/Hong Kong, please. There is a global shortage of historical information about these places. I would be extremely grateful.

[@duncanbaynton7138]

You keep saying Germany was racist they weren’t any different than any other country remember the Americans were the founders of eugenics

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

The germans were quite different from other racists in that they tried to exterminate an entire people through industrialized mass murder. The concept of eugenics has been around since ancient Greece. Plato suggeseted "selective breeding" to form a "guardian class" in 400 BC.

[@187mrsmith]

@@FreeDocumentaryHistory I was gonna watch this until I seen about 20 ads on a video like that's ridiculous bro theres way bigger channels with better documentaries that put way less ads

[@187mrsmith]

@@FreeDocumentaryHistory Is crazy this documentary was horrible and the comment showed that So take the ads of this garbage video this is like robbing a bank You try to copy and paste other documentaries but then you mess up facts smfh

[@Napolean45]

@@FreeDocumentaryHistory very true.

[@ruffknight9549]

Perhaps if the Olympics were in Atlanta, Montreal or somewhere else then there wouldn't have been a WWII. The Germans invaded the Rhineland the same year and the French and British looked the other way. How much of a influence were the Olympics to appeasment? Plus it wouldn't be good diplomatically to cancel the Olympics on short notice with the investment.

[@ussstropicana]

Today (2024), 3 dates come immediately to mind when I think of the worst Olympics : 1936, 1972 and 2024 in the same order.

[@nasrallahamas1504]

@@ussstropicana how are the 1936 and the 1972 olympic games the worst.??? Nothing german is worse....deutshland rules....they are the best at everything

[@Lamborghini-56]

You're totally wrong about 1036 and 1972. The Olympics of 1936 were the best ever and the Olympics of 1972 were also good, only a communist like you would say otherwise

[@StormsandSaugeye]

Sounds like someone didn't like the french being French in 2024. Was it the opening ceremony?

[@marcdelente2456]

Le fureur recevra owen en privé il l'a écrit dans son livre. L Allemagne aura cette année 1936 le plus de médailles d or le fureur fut très fière de cela. Un homme qui est végétarien ne boi pas ne fume pas et aimé les animeaux ne être fondamentalement mauvais .

[@TheInstinctWithinV2]

The French dude with the glasses every other word: "Uhhhh"

[@serhiiuzzlov9931]

The same thing happened in 2013 in Sochi at the Olympics and in 2018 at the FIFA World Cup in Moscow.

[@SunilKumar-ku1fq]

Of course Owens was treated better in Germany than United States or other's

[@sheffieldwednesday5421]

She went to England and realized the English are nice people. 😅 Unbelievable.

[@itsa-itsagames]

i dont think owens really "stuck it to the nazis and hitler" , or that was his intention. he may have done that inadvertently , but just because a person can run faster, that doesnt mean they are the superior race (btw no race is superior) They may be faster, sure arguably more in shape, debatable but fair, but total medal count , the germans won most medals and most gold........sooooooo you know lol

[@YbarraProductions]

Soo, what?

[@cprow0997]

I agree

[@Castragroup]

No. This is proof. If white people arent the best then why did white athletes win 101 medals and american diversity onlybwon 57? Also the pure historic west is the greatest civiliaztion in history.

[@rileyburns8107]

who knew about the medal win from the 8 man rowing team?

[@lextalionis3754]

Yet another “blame the west” revision of history.

[@KK-lf3en]

🎯

[@DDrums-Uroki-Po-Skype]

Ничего не поменялось.))) Тогда не было СССР, а теперь нет России на Олимпиаде.

[@surajratti1329]

King Midas of pure Gold

[@dinkyramirez9866]

Jesse Owens 🥇🥇🥇🥇 A TRUE American Hero 🇺🇸

[@StephenLuke]

Amen! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@samabate4105]

I go as slow as Steven Hawking to seem like I'm an olympian.That's all the conspirists against me believe now.

[@surajratti1329]

The Nuremberg laws had flaws

[@boandlkramer2539]

Greetings from Wedding to the rest of the World... Peace..Love.. Corona free 🤗🤚

[@pmay0922]

Yet today, we award the Olympic Games to Beijing.

[@bushysowavvey]

27:46 bro this part was NOT necessary 😭

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

@@bushysowavvey why not?

[@hannamollo]

This would be in the beginning

[@bugfoot4366]

it's "Hakenkreuz" - Hooked Cross, not Swastika.

[@RaghuveerSingh-nc7qv]

✅

[@matthewhancock7424]

would be better if someone translated the French speaking experts/historians into english. So one doesn't need to strain their eyes trying to read the captions in english

[@lisa._.the._.lovely]

MORE ABOUT WW2 AND PERHAPS MILITARY HISTORY

[@pinknotthebarbie]

England? Does that mean Ireland, Scotland and Wales didnt take part in the 1936 oplypmics? If they did the United Kingdom took part in the 1936 games.

[@violagentsch]

Keep repeating same message. 👎

[@surajratti1329]

Wonderful Germany before the ww2 after the war became Wonderful Nation again

[@DeathYesPlease]

So many inaccuracies on this, but good footage.

[@quatermano42]

My father will be eighty five tomorrow

[@anilweerasinghe2935]

It's true that Jessie Owens was better treated in Germany than in racially segregated US

[@JB-rt4mx]

Jesse Owens and Nuesbaum in thier friendship both used Custom Shoes made by Adi Dassler...better than USA equipment, Owens was the only US athlete to have them. The ADIDAS tech quality was born...🎉😅😂🇩🇪🇺🇸

[@rkd5314]

What has changed since, 100 years from now there will be a documentary about how the innocent Palestinian children has been slaughtered and killed by the ruthless people 😢

[@namereniye]

100%. Plus documentary on how trans mocked religion at paris olympics.

[@Dynamatrix2000]

Who cares

[@StormsandSaugeye]

You seem to care more about the children (That the UN had to admit weren't killed) than the war that resulted from Palestine attacking israel *Yet again* and bringing *yet another* war after they killed 1200 innocent jewish civilians and did everything they could to publicly state they will genocide every Jewish person. No word of condemnation towards hamas, who started and perpetuated this war. No condemnation towards them raping and beheading innocents. No, you take a war where the clear majority of the dead were hamas fighters and try blaming the victims.

[@random_mf6918]

Kanye in the Olympics:

[@dicecorporation]

And who wasn't there? That's right. They came in 1945 and will come again if need be

[@Mr2000arshad]

German the mother of modern technology

[@beaupeterson188]

That and genocide.

[@robertbraun7155]

@beaupeterson188 I am pretty sure Stalins Russia takes that prize. No one talks about that..

[@robertbraun7155]

@@Mr2000arshad And US technology.. Paperclip..

[@sudiptoyaqub5731]

they should have repaired the Olympic village

[@EFriend]

It,s not swastika, it is called Hakenkreuz i.e hooked cross. Change your title otherwise your video will be reported in misleading title section

[@deebafo947]

Nobody actually calls it a Hakenkreuz

[@empariyon]

the past is returning ...

[@Dynamatrix2000]

Cry harder 🇮🇱

[@chillinreptilian6751]

Someone’s dentures needs to be adjusted...but interesting documentary!

[@louiekiwi]

Always a one sided view.

[@roysmemorylane]

We would witness this sports political fanaticism in later years in the GDR. Must be in their DNA.

[@aryanbparida5998]

It is the Hakenkreuz(hooked cross) not the Swastika Swastica is straight and has 4 dots and it symbol of prosperity and well being in Hinduism.

[@jean-bernardbrisset4589]

In french, we call this "couper les cheveux en quatre" or to split hairs, if you prefer. Swastika is the correct translation of Hakenkreuz in whatever dictionnary you may use or on the internet site LEO which I use as a student of german.

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

@@aryanbparida5998 In the English language, the consensus among historians and other experts is Swastika not “Hooked Cross” so take it up with Britannica, Webster ed al

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

@@jean-bernardbrisset4589 exactement

[@markymark2820]

So funny that the French were so dumb they didn't even realize they were doing Heinrich's salute 😂

[@helpingbharat2806]

HMM MY COMMENTS IS DELETING 😂

[@geocentricnewday709]

What did you say

[@nandkishore8910]

Why is it called the swastika why not the hooked cross?

[@erayahernandez]

Because it’s a German symbol

[@SATWIKRAJ-x3b]

​@@erayahernandezswastika is Indian word sacred to hindus

[@mysteryhindi9402]

Lol if you lose war you evil'👿 you are win the war you Hero 🤑 what a joke 🤣

[@Yahowah777]

Agreed

[@Zenovarse]

That is not true. People think the victor are hero's and losers are villains, but that's probably because you are in a country which benefits from glorifying the victor rather than the loser. Many still glorify the losers like how they were glorified back in the days, but they are less numerous.

[@vincestapels2022]

"History is written by the Victor's", could not be more true when it comes the the 2 World Wars...

[@LasenAzuzi]

🙏🙏🥺🥹👍❤️❤️

[@Merobloxme]

What a strange video of 2023

[@Dynamatrix2000]

🇮🇱🇺🇲😛

[@impresario4154]

I like america

[@MichaelJoseph-vb5ml]

The irony that the olympics was a symbol of sport and peace

[@TheStreetFoolosopherMr187]

😂😂😂😂

[@pacajalbert9018]

Nemecko bolo to samé čo Goliath

[@jamessinclair1826]

IGNORANCE HERE.....Voice over calling Great Britain as ENGLAND !!

[@beaupeterson188]

I know right? All credibility lost.

[@leehernandez8970]

Yeah!! So much for the Master Race????

[@zzz-nu2re]

Germany dominated the 1936 Olympics

[@doodash-f5p]

Terrible documentary....why show talking heads incessantly and not let the footage tell the story?????? Why? because this director had no talent.....what a pity....good historical footage ruined by talking heads sitting in living rooms......

[@robertbraun7155]

@davidpollitt1216 Its called a Highschool history project that is now mostly produced with AI.. As years pass there will be more and more that will take these projects as gospel. Scary.

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

@@robertbraun7155 No AI used in this documentary. So, not scary. Just historians.

[@howboutyomama]

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@paulhelman2376]

Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller were to run in that relay. Because they were Jewish they were replaced by Owes and Mettcalf. This was not mentioned in rhis presentation but should have been

[@greedyambitons4320]

So Germany destroyed everyone in the Olympics

[@nasrallahamas1504]

how can you have a fair and unbias documentary made by your enemies / victors ( allies cowards!!!!! more than 20 nations fighting one nation )