[wahyinghung]

A controversial exhibit has opened in Vancouver, depicting the Canadian team at one of the most controversial Olympics ever — the 1936 Summer Games in Berlin, staged by the German Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler.

The exhibit of photographs, documents and artifacts, which opened Thursday at the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, shows how Hitler's Third Reich turned the Games into a showcase for Nazi propaganda, and how Canadians became part of the spectacle.

"These games represent the first point of contact between Canada and Nazi Germany," exhibit curator Frieda Miller told CBC News Thursday.

Photos show swastikas and Nazi banners flying alongside the five iconic Olympic rings.

A display case features the sash worn by Canadian athletes during the opening and closing ceremonies, adorned with a black swastika.

"[The sash] does seem striking, especially since it was carried with the Canadian flag," said Miller.
Two other photographs stirred up controversy at the time, and still could today. One features Canadian athletes clamouring for Hitler's autograph; another shows members of Canada's team apparently giving a straight-armed Nazi salute.

But it was actually an Olympic Salute, according to Joan Langdon, a 13-year-old swimmer at the time, and one of the athletes from Canada's 1936 team who marched past Hitler at the opening ceremonies.

"The Nazis' were this way," Langdon said holding her arm up in front of her.

"And we were this way," she said holding her arm up to the side, almost as if waving.

"I didn't realize the political aspect of it all," she said.

The exhibit runs until June 2010.
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http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2009/10/15/bc-091015-athlete-sash-swastika.jpg
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/10/15/bc-1936-olympic-exhibit.html

[Ulic Qel-Droma]

contro what? fuck that, it's not like the exhibition is SUPPORTING nazi's, it's an educational thing. I didn't know that, I learnt something. It's actually kinda cool in a whoa that's fucked up, haha we kicked their asses later.

[StylinRed]

Is it really necessary to disregard everything relating to the Nazis in anyway because of the holocaust?

i think thats way too extreme

[getalove]

HEIL MEIN FUHRER!!!!!!!!!

[SkinnyPupp]

How the fuck is this controversial? The 36 olympics were incredibly fascinating. I saw a short documentary about it, and it was very interesting to see them use the olympics to basically flex their muscles to the world. It kind of reminded me of a more recent event...

I wish I could see the exhibit

[azzurro32]

I wonder if Canada took part in the ceremonial burning of the Jew

[impactX]

It kind of reminded me of a more recent event...



hahaha so true.

[Spectre_Cdn]

Similarly...

http://www.thelocal.de/articleImages/22615.jpg

Fascist garden gnomes invade Bavarian town

Published: 16 Oct 09 10:42 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/society/20091016-22615.html

The small Bavarian town of Straubing has been invaded by 1,250 fascist garden gnomes with their stubby right arms raised in a Hitler salute – all in the name of art.

Artist Ottmar Hörl, who has already displayed his provocative gnomes in Belgium and Italy, said it was the first public display in Germany.

“It is a work that is meant to get people to think, to react,” he said. “I want to show that we all have far-right thoughts in our heads.”

Hörl found himself in hot water with his gnomes in July after prosecutors in Nuremberg launched an inquiry into whether displaying one of the diminutive figures in a German art gallery was against the law.

Hitler salutes and Nazi symbols have been illegal in Germany since the end of World War II, but prosecutors accepted Hörl's argument that the 40-centimetre (15-inch) figurines were ridiculing the Nazis, not promoting them.

The artist said the garden gnomes – a popular symbol for Germany’s uptight petit bourgeoisie – were a perfect subject “to deal with a serious topic in a not so serious fashion and without accusation.”

Hörl, who has designed other, less controversial, public art exhibitions and permanent installations, explained he hoped to draw attention to the rise of right-wing extremism in Europe.

Straubing's Mayor Hans Lohmeier said the gnomes would be guarded around the clock after some "critical voices" about the exhibition, which started Thursday and will run until Monday in the town's main square.

“There are those who wonder what the heck we’re doing here. Others believe it’s endangering their children,” Hohmeier said. “But many have also realised what it’s all about.”

The gnomes are also for sale on Hörl's website – priced at €45 ($67) or signed by the artist for €120.

[shenmecar]

HEIL MEIN FUHRER!!!!!!!!!

hahahaha! :haha:

[Hondaracer]

At that point in history the swastika meant alot less then it did post 1945

[Jsunu]

the best part of those games is when Jesse Owens owned the nazis ;)

[SlySi]

Sounds pretty cool. I would definitely check this out.

[sulos]

I was there Thursday night for the opening and it was good. There are personal stories there that make it even more interesting.

The speeches were the best though.

[Manic!]

the best part of those games is when Jesse Owens owned the nazis ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXIe5GbLSUs

[woozzle]

it's not a Nazi exhibit, it's an exhibit with Nazi in it

[Sodium]

I just watched Pianist again a week ago too......it's hard to believe something like this really did happen in the past....

[PavelGTR]

At that point in history the swastika meant alot less then it did post 1945

What are you basing this on? It was used in many different ways all over the world pre-1945

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

[ZhangFei]

here's is a question for you all:

what is the difference between British Imperialism and Nazism?

[Sid Vicious]

here's is a question for you all:

what is the difference between British Imperialism and Nazism?

go read a history book you fucking moron

[Meowjin]

here's is a question for you all:

what is the difference between British Imperialism and Nazism?

:facepalm:

[ZhangFei]

okay for you fags who are ignorant:

British Imperialism land Nazism stemmed from basically the same principles,which was.. they thought they were better than others. And yet, anything that is a monument to British imperialism is accepted by mainstream society and is not controversial....

...well unless you are First Nations.

[dizzystar]

this thread turned stupid really fast

[Hondaracer]

What are you basing this on? It was used in many different ways all over the world pre-1945

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

lol because the symbol was directly related to the SS, nazi death camps, WW2 destruction, etc. after 1945? it was not a part of german culture nor a symbol of the nazi regime until hitler took power which was after WW1 but before the Olympics were held in Berlin.

The use of the swastika as it's quoted by Wikipedia is incorrect because all the use in Hinduism etc. is not the same symbol, the Hindu sign is rotated

[ajax]

Was the world not completely aware of what the Nazi's were doing during the Olympics? I think I remember from Socials 11 that they hid their evilness quite well.

[MG1]

The use of the swastika as it's quoted by Wikipedia is incorrect because all the use in Hinduism etc. is not the same symbol, the Hindu sign is rotated


Isn't it just flipped?

I thought it was a Buddhist symbol, but it looks like it was a symbol for all kinds of religions and beliefs. Hitler was not only a nutcase, he was also dyslexic. LOL.

[Hondaracer]

Was the world not completely aware of what the Nazi's were doing during the Olympics? I think I remember from Socials 11 that they hid their evilness quite well.

well it was all pre-WW2, they were just in the middle of assembling the regime, nothing overly evil had happened yet, but they all kind of knew of their growing power

[DasHooch]

okay for you fags who are ignorant:

British Imperialism land Nazism stemmed from basically the same principles,which was.. they thought they were better than others. And yet, anything that is a monument to British imperialism is accepted by mainstream society and is not controversial....

...well unless you are First Nations.

Clearly everyone else wasn't paying enough attention in school. What could help them? Concentration camps maybe?

[4444]

okay for you fags who are ignorant:

British Imperialism land Nazism stemmed from basically the same principles,which was.. they thought they were better than others. And yet, anything that is a monument to British imperialism is accepted by mainstream society and is not controversial....

...well unless you are First Nations.

go back to china before you bash the british

[Sid Vicious]

okay for you fags who are ignorant:

British Imperialism land Nazism stemmed from basically the same principles,which was.. they thought they were better than others. And yet, anything that is a monument to British imperialism is accepted by mainstream society and is not controversial....

...well unless you are First Nations.

zhangfei to the rescue!
http://www.troubleinrivercity.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/super-retard.jpg

[Ronin]

My god, look at the hops on that dude. He did the high jump the complete opposite of what people regard as the ideal technique today.

What's so controversial about the exhibit? I find the Nazis incredibly interesting.

[ZhangFei]

go back to china before you bash the british

where did i ever bash the british? i'm just saying nazi exihibit is on the same level as an exhibit of british colonial times.

[El Bastardo]

The British improved Hong Kong more than the Chinese ever could have

/flame on

[ZhangFei]

The British improved Hong Kong more than the Chinese ever could have

/flame on

this is quite true actually.

in the same token, the chinese improved vancouver more than the british could ever have.

/flame on.

[SkinnyPupp]

Oh, ZhangFail :facepalm:

[4444]

this is quite true actually.

in the same token, the chinese improved vancouver more than the british could ever have.

/flame on.

what

a

retard

we (the british) should never have given hong kong back

and the chinese aren't looking to improve vancouver, they're looking to take it over - BIG difference (and the pussies in power here aren't stopping them)

[bengy]

this is quite true actually.

in the same token, the chinese improved Richmond more than the british could ever have.

/flame on.


FIXT

[bengy]

where did i ever bash the british? i'm just saying nazi exihibit is on the same level as an exhibit of british colonial times.

unfortunately, the british never built huge human cookers...

/flame on

[getalove]

what

a

retard

we (the british) should never have given hong kong back

and the chinese aren't looking to improve vancouver, they're looking to take it over - BIG difference (and the pussies in power here aren't stopping them)

you are fucking retarded

BIG DIFFERENCE
British TOOK hong kong from China
Chinese are legally coming here and investing in Vancouver thus improving it

and your right ... pussies here wont do shit because they need US ... not saying jut Chinese but investors or else vancouver won't be what it is today
so thank us you cunt

or else u'll still be growing potatos in your backyard mashing them at night for dinner

[The7even]

Olympics, where a bunch of fucked up human beings compete against other fucked up human beings in an attempt to prove to other stupid human beings that "their" human beings are better than the rest of the worlds human beings.

Humans are just grown up babies with fucked up ideals they're filled with pride and prejudice and create imaginary borders that don't really exist so that they can identify them selves with something other than what they really are.. a bunch of shit heads just like everyone else... and then they start wars because they're greedy and are quite possibly all a product of incestious inbreeding.

The cycle never ends because the parents instill these false ideals into their offspring which of course will continue to happen and we'll all keep killing each other until one day the inevitable happens and they all just kill one another and die because they're all a bunch of sheep who deserve nothing less than a painful nuclear death!

[ziggyx]

^^ olympics seem like its all about making money now and it's a big business

or am i wrong lol

[MG1]

^^ olympics seem like its all about making money now and it's a big business

or am i wrong lol

You're right. It's a sad reality. The commercialism sometimes takes away from what the athletes do on the field.

Each time, the hosts try to outdo each other and costs are getting way too high.

It would be nice for a host country to just cut all the glitter and concentrate on making the games more affordable to attend and promote the spirit of the games. I guess that just ain't possible.

IMHO, the IOC is pretty corrupt and has lost integrity. Too bad, because there's so much history behind the events.

[SkinnyPupp]

^^^ I'm pretty sure that's what Vancouver 2010 is going to be like. It's not cheap, but it's definitely not going to be the gaudy over the top eyesore that was the 2008 summer olympics.

And if you grew up watching olympics in Canada, I don't see how you think the coverage is not all about the athletes.

[Hondaracer]

BC will show itself off with it's natural setting and great new venue's, nothing really over the top at all keeping focus on the athletes perhaps

[El Bastardo]

I moved away from downtown almost four months ago and came back last week to see some friends. I can't tell you how nice it was seeing how things have been cleaned up. I didn't have my car accosted by some junkie begging for table scraps. I wasn't subjected to a slew of torn fences or broken windows as I drove through the DTES into Gastown. And I didn't have some bum follow me into 7-11 when I went to get myself a goddamned Dr. Pepper.

The olympics have whipped the city's authorities into shape to prevent us from embarassing ourselves. Instead of seeing a Dateline NBC report on "Canada's Homeless Problem" come next November we can look forward to some positive reviews on a great olympic series that took place in Canada's greatest city.


Oh, and to stay on topic:

Fuck Hitler.

[MG1]

And if you grew up watching olympics in Canada, I don't see how you think the coverage is not all about the athletes.

Coverage of athletes is fine, it's all the other stuff.

Doesn't matter. It'll come, it'll go, we'll all have a hangover, and shit will flow downhill again.

[MG1]

I moved away from downtown almost four months ago and came back last week to see some friends. I can't tell you how nice it was seeing how things have been cleaned up. I didn't have my car accosted by some junkie begging for table scraps. I wasn't subjected to a slew of torn fences or broken windows as I drove through the DTES into Gastown. And I didn't have some bum follow me into 7-11 when I went to get myself a goddamned Dr. Pepper.

The olympics have whipped the city's authorities into shape to prevent us from embarassing ourselves. Instead of seeing a Dateline NBC report on "Canada's Homeless Problem" come next November we can look forward to some positive reviews on a great olympic series that took place in Canada's greatest city.



So do you think people will say, "Holy Mary Lucifer, I like what I see. Let's try to keep it this way from now on!" If hosting the Olympics cleans up the streets, solves some of the homelessness, and makes our streets safer, then it would be the best by-product of the events.

If it's just sweeping the shit under the carpet, then it's gonna make matters worse when it's all over.

==========

Back on topic..........

vear dis clothes and ven da Red Cross comes here, you say everything is fine, yah? Das Good.

[Ronin]

I moved away from downtown almost four months ago and came back last week to see some friends. I can't tell you how nice it was seeing how things have been cleaned up. I didn't have my car accosted by some junkie begging for table scraps. I wasn't subjected to a slew of torn fences or broken windows as I drove through the DTES into Gastown. And I didn't have some bum follow me into 7-11 when I went to get myself a goddamned Dr. Pepper.

Where'd they ship them all?

[StylinRed]

what
a
retard
we (the british) should never have given hong kong back
and the chinese aren't looking to improve vancouver, they're looking to take it over - BIG difference (and the pussies in power here aren't stopping them)

The British weren't looking to improve China... they just wanted to sell their Opium and ensure their sea supremacy and colonies


The olympics have whipped the city's authorities into shape to prevent us from embarassing ourselves. Instead of seeing a Dateline NBC report on "Canada's Homeless Problem" come next November we can look forward to some positive reviews on a great olympic series that took place in Canada's greatest city.


you can't clean up by hiding things under the carpet

[b0unce. [?]]

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[MG1]

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:haha::haha::haha::haha::haha:

and Kyle is Jewish.


I ain't not fat, I'm just a Nazi. (pleasantly plump).