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Revisiting the Berlin Olympic Village 1936 | 33 Pics

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The , officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, . Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona (two years before the Nazis came to power). It marked the second and final time that the would gather to vote in a city which was bidding to host those Games. The only other time this occurred was at the inaugural IOC Session in , , on April 24, 1894. Then, Athens, Greece, and were chosen to host the 1896 and 1900 Games, respectively.

































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Comment by Bulent Abaci
2009-01-21 20:35:41

Wonderfull places…

 



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