Fascinating people,

Fascinating Places.

G'd Aye and welcome to the Dan Mainwearing podcast.

This is where we talk to and about the famous and the infamous,

the celebrated and the obscure, the well-known and the infamous and the obscure, the well known and the undiscovered, interviews, articles

and discussion from around the globe. In September of 1972 the

of 1972 the Olympic motto of faster, higher, stronger became an irrelevance as the world's greatest sporting event was ravaged by violence and bloodshed.

In this episode I discussed the Munich Massacre, why it happened, how it happened, and whether it could

have been prevented. The Olympics is supposed to be an apolitical event, but with Munich chosen as the host city, the 20th

olympiad was inevitably going to exist under a cloud of turbulent politics and history.

36 years earlier, Germany had hosted the games in Berlin.

Hitler viewed it as an opportunity to showcase the dominance of the so-called Aryan people. Like a modern Caesar, he stands on the balcony

to receive the salutes of the athletes of 50 nations.

Aikvarken! Athletes, including African American Jesse Owens, made a mockery of Hitler's ideology with

the American Jesse Owens made a mockery of Hitler's ideology with success in track and field.

But that event very nearly didn't happen.

As pressure grew to strip the Nazi regime of the events on account of their abhorrent treatment of the Jews.

Among those defending Germany's right to hold the games, was American Olympic Committee member Avery Brundich.

He said politics should have no impact on the game, while perversely also claiming the

protests were due to a conspiracy organized by Jews and communists.

Four decades later, Brandage was the president of the International Olympic Committee and

the figurehead of the event being held this time International Olympic and the

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