[Above: Close-up of the eagle from the Olympic bell.]

[Above: This German medal was awarded to civilians and foreigners who assisted with the planning of the Olympic games.]

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[Above: This is (left to right) Jeannette Campbell, Rie Mastenbroek and Gisela Arendt.]

[Above: Medal presentation: Silvano Abbŕ-Italy (3rd place) Gotthard Handrick-Germany (1st place) and Charles Leonard-USA (2nd place).]

[Above: Japanese gold medal winner bows while the Japanese national anthem is played. Behind her is second place winner Martha Genenger (Germany) and third place winner Inge Sorensen.]

[Above: Adolf Hitler with Olympian Tilly Fleischer, winner of the gold medal in the javelin. She holds an oak sapling, given to the athletes as gifts from Germany. To the left are Hermann Göring and Albert Speer.]

[Above: Another shot of Adolf Hitler during the Olympics - Tilly Fleischer is on his right.]

[Above: I'm not sure what they are doing? Tilly Fleischer is on the left...]

[Above: German Olympian Tilly Fleischer, gold medallist for Germany in the women's javelin.]

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[Above: From left to right: Hungary's Ibolya Csak (Gold), Germany's Elfriede Kaun (Bronze) and Britain's Dorothy Odam (Silver).]

[Above: Winter Olympics.]

[Above: The Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung, or Berlin Illustrated Newspaper.]

[Above: The Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung, or Berlin Illustrated Newspaper.]

[Above: Olympic-themed postage stamp set.]

[Above: Olympic-themed postal souvenir sheets with special Olympic bell cancels.]

[Above: Two years later, a sporting event held in Breslau.]

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[Above: 'Volk und Rasse' = People and Race, circa 1939.]

[Above: 'Allgemeiner Wegweiser für Jede Familie' = General Signpost for Every Family.]

[Above: 'Erste Grossdeutsche Schwimm-Meisterschaften - Darmstadt 8.-10. Juli 1938' = 'First Greater German Swim Championships - Darmstadt 8.-10. July 1938']

[Above: National Socialist League of the Reich for Physical Exercise (NSRL) membership stamps, October/March 1937/1938.]

[Above: National Socialist League of the Reich for Physical Exercise (NSRL) membership stamps October/March 1938/1939]

[Above: National Socialist League of the Reich for Physical Exercise (NSRL) membership stamps, April/September 1939]

[Above: German War-Skiing Championships in Spindelmeuhle. This is advertising ski championships in the Sudetenland.]

[Above: German decal advertising 'Besucht die Kriegsmarinestadt Kiel im Olympiajahr 1936' (Visit the navy city of Kiel in the Olympic year 1936). Click to enlarge.]

[Above: The streets decorated for the Olympic games.]

[Above: A German athlete shows his support of Adolf Hitler. Note Mein Kampf and other books on the table.]

[Above: 1936 Winter Olympics]

[Above: Berlin decorated for the 1936 Olympics]

[Above: 1936 Olympics]

[Above: 1936 Olympic Stadium showing a statue of Nike, the Goddess of Victory at the Reichssportfeld.]

[Above: Even the Brandenburg Gate is decorated for the 1936 Olympics.]

[Above: Runner with Olympic torch. Click to enlarge]