KP141 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, United States Olympic Committee, Gretel Bergmann

• School: WLU
• Department: Kinesiology & Physical Education
• Course: KP141
• Professor: Stephen Wenn

Document Summary

First country to have both winter and summer olympic games in the same country in the same year. January 1933 - hitler gained power, was not planning on holding the. Began to embrace staging the olympic games to bring him fame and. Removed right to marry outside of own race or else you were not considered. This did not afect them because it was before (1938) Emerged as a pawn with respect to hitler"s plans to the olympic games. Media reports in germany said she would eventually to be named to the. German olympic team, but it was a charade used to convince other countries to atend the games (revoked from german team as soon as the us team set sail for the games) Handled the logisics behind us paricipaion, including feeding, transporing, and clothing the us olympic team. Managed the selecion process of the us olympic team.