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Sounds,19 Jul 2024,41 mins

Series Hitler's Olympics

Part 4: Outcast in Olympia

Revisionist History

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The cheerleader-in-chief for the American Olympic movement was a brilliant, self-made Chicago tycoon named Avery Brundage. Brundage did more to ensure the success of the Berlin Games than anyone except Hitler. But what exactly were his motivations? We meet the man behind the curtain and witness his secret shame.

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