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This investigation will explore the question: To what extent did the winnings of Jesse Owens have an effect on the German people during the 1936 Summer Olympics? In the summer of 1936 will be the main focus of this investigation, to analysis the role Nazi Party racism and idealistic nature, two years after their takeover in Germany during World War II. The first source that will be evaluated is by Susan D. Bachrach’s book “The Nazi Olympics, Berlin 1936,” written in 2000. The origin of this source is an important aspect because Bachrach being a staff member historian apart of the Exhibitions Department at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and have written extensively on the topic of Nazi treatment during the Holocaust and events

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