Perfect Tool for Propaganda

The Berlin Olympics had been awarded to Germany before the Nazis came to power, but in August 1936 they provided a perfect opportunity for the Nazis to showcase Hitler's Third Reich to the 49 nations of the world competing for Olympic gold.

 

Hitler was uninterested in hosting the Olympics until Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda Joseph Goebbels convinced him that they could advance the Nazi cause and showcase the German "master race."  

Hitler quickly altered all of the current architectural visions - Hitler's Olympic dream was far more grandiose in scope. It would not be an Olympic Stadium - it would be a German Stadium! Germany's unemployed would be immediately directed to help build Hitler's Olympic game dreams become a reality.