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The 1936 Olympics took place in Berlin 70 years ago this month. We visit the former Olympic Village and see where American hero Jesse Owens stayed during the games. |
Jesse Owens was the star of the 1936 Olympics. |
Seventy years ago this month, this humble room was Jesse Owens' abode in the Olympic Village, the place where he slept, relaxed and swapped jokes with other athletes at the 1936 Games.
The black athlete scooped four gold medals in sprint, long-jump and relay events in front of a boisterous, flag-waving crowd in Berlin's Olympic Stadium, enraging Nazi leader Adolf Hitler who was dreaming of world conquest and the superiority of the German race.
Historic accommodation
Besides Owens, more than 4,000 other athletes from 49 nations were housed in the Olympic Village in Elstal, half-an-hour's drive from Berlin in the state of Brandenburg.
The Olympic Village housed male competitors for the Games from August 1-16, 1936. Female athletes were accommodated in separate accommodation, closer to Berlin.
The 55-acre complex today belongs to the German Credit Bank (DKB), which has created a foundation and aims to promote the site as an Olympic Village museum.
On September 16, a special sports day event is being staged in Elstal "in memory of the great Jesse Owens," who died in 1980 in Tucson, Arizona.
A chequered history
The Olympic Village has had a chequered history since its 1936 glory days. During World War II, the German armed forces turned it into a military training establishment.
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