Olympiastadion Berlin
Nazi-era Olympic stadium of soaring stone colonnades, still hosting matches beneath its historic bell tower.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Olympiastadion Berlin turns on a nine-ton steel bell cast for the 1936 Olympics, engraved with a swastika-flanked eagle and a phrase meant to sound welcoming, which Adolf Hitler prized as a symbol of Aryan supremacy at the Games he opened here. You'll hear about Jesse Owens, the American sprinter who took four gold medals on this very track, dismantling the myth the bell was meant to ring in for. Stand on the field and picture the tower that once held that bell above you.
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