Hitler’s Olympics Part 5: The Amateur’s Hour
Revisionist History
Pushkin Industries
4.8 • 61.5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 July 2024
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
A German Jewish high-jumper is determined to get her shot at Olympic greatness. And an idealist faces an existential choice. In the fifth episode of Hilter’s Olympics, Avery Brundage faces the reality for Jewish athletes in Nazi Germany and makes a critical decision.
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