Official opening of the Games by: Chancellor Adolf Hitler. As more than 5,000 athletes from 51 countries march into a stadium packed with 100,000 onlookers, Adolf Hitler makes his only public statement of the Berlin Olympics at its opening ceremony … On Aug. 1, 1936, the Olympic flame arrived at a packed stadium in Berlin. Ceremonies. Bundesarchiv – CC BY-SA 3.0 The Nazi Party believed that Berlin was a bit dirty with a certain group of people. So, in an attempt to clean up the city, Berlin police were given the authorization to arrest all those of Romani descent. The Opening Ceremony took place in … Limited rights for specific editorial clients in Germany.) The Games of the XXXI Olympiad were declared open in spectacular fashion on 5 August, as host city Rio de Janeiro welcomed the world to what promises to be an incredible two weeks in the latest chapter of the Olympic story. 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin - opening ceremony (Eingeschränkte Rechte für bestimmte redaktionelle Kunden in Deutschland. Arrival of the Olympic Flame at the Olympic Stadium.

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Lighting the Olympic Flame by: Fritz Schilgen (athletics) Olympic Oath by: Rudolf Ismayr (weightlifting) Official Oath by: The officials' oath at an Olympic Summer Games was first sworn in 1972 in Munich. The Olympic flag and Nazi Flag seen flying side by side at the opening ceremony of the 1936 Olympic Games.