| ISBN |
9781743319383 |
| Author |
Writer, Larry (author) |
| Title |
Dangerous games : Australia at the 1936 Nazi Olympics / Larry Writer. |
| Portion of title |
Australia at the 1936 Nazi Olympics |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2015. |
| ©2015. |
| Description |
338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, photographs ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliograpical references (pages 335-338) |
| Contents |
1.Berlin Wins The Games -- 2.On Your Marks -- 3.The Class Of '36 -- 4.Darkness Descending -- 5.Amateur Hour -- 6.Boycott Berlin! -- 7.All At Sea -- 8.Into The Lair -- 9.Bells, Whistles And A Grand Arena -- 10.Settling In -- 11.Innocents Abroad -- 12.Olympic Countdown -- 13.The Opening Ceremony -- 14.Days Of Grace And Fury -- 15.The Dying Flame -- 16.Behind The Mask -- 17.Sifting The Wreckage -- 18.Finish Lines. |
| Summary |
This dramatic tale tells the true story of the twenty nine Australian amateur sportsmen and four sportswomen who left Circular Quay on the SS Mongolia in May 1936 and paid their own way to represent their country at the 'Hitler Olympics'. Using diaries, personal papers, media reports and accounts from family members, along with striking photos from the athletes' own collections, Dangerous Games recreates the tension of heats and races; offers a rich picture of life in the Olympic village; and shows how athletes came to realise Hitler's political manipulation of the Games. It reveals the depths of the behind-the-scenes, cutthroat wheeling and dealing, and the heights of American black runner Jesse Owen's gold medal triumph. It also recognises the actions of our individual Australian team members, some of whom went on to become public figures or war heroes, who believed that sport was the antidote to tyranny. |
| Subjects |
Olympic Games(11th :1936 :Berlin, Germany) |
| Olympics -- Participation, Australian |
| Sports and state -- Australia -- History |
| Sports & outdoor recreation |
| Olympics |
| Olympics -- History |
| Olympics -- Political aspects |
| Olympic athletes -- Australia |
| Olympics -- Political aspects -- History |
| Athletes -- Australia -- Anecdotes |
| Athletes -- Australia |
| National socialism and sports |
| Propaganda -- Germany -- History |
| Call number |
2023.061 |
