Thursday, January 9, 2014

Roman chariot on the 1936 Berlin Olympics poster

 

With the addition of an eagle and obviously using as a reference the one pulled by four horses on the top of the Brandenburg Gate.  Berlin as the venue for the 1936 Olympics had been decided before the Nazis came to power but they turned it into a major propaganda event.  Some features of the modern Olympics such as the torch relay and the Olympic flame were innovations of the Nazis.

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