This sobering two-part film (concluding tomorrow at 8.00pm) looks back to the Berlin Games of 1936 to reveal how Hitler tried to exploit sporting values for political gain
This sobering two-part film (concluding tomorrow at 8.00pm) looks back to the Berlin Games of 1936 to reveal how Hitler tried to exploit sporting values for political gain. Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels declared: 'There's just one goal for sports: forging the German character,’ and there was no better opportunity to showcase Germany's power in science, technology and modernity than as an Olympic host nation. But one by one Hitler's heroes fell short of his Aryan ideal… Yesterday's Hitler’s Grand Plans weekend also includes Hitler's Olympics (9.00pm) and Hitler's Space Rocket (7.00pm).
