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With the exception of Brazil’s football star Pelé, probably no nation has been more identified with an athlete than little Finland, which produced the “Flying Finn” Paavo Nurmi. 100 years ago, he won five gold medals at the 1924 Olympic Games...

The three “Workers’ Olympiads” of the interwar period were not primarily about “sport”. Rather, the ideas and ideals of socialism were to be transferred to the world of sport and, at the same time, the culture of movement was to be...

After its premiere at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Handball was no longer part of the Olympic Program after the Second World War. This was due to the handball’s image as a “Nazisport” and its lack of popularity outside of Europe. The...

The idea of peace in sport dates back to Pierre de Coubertin and the founding of the Olympic Games in modern times. It has been reaffirmed ever since and can be found in the current version of the Olympic Charter. According to the charter, Olympic...

The German Turnfest 1923 in Munich in July was the largest mass event of the year. And in Munich, the NSDAP under the leadership of Adolf Hitler had gained enormously in popularity since January. It constantly gained new members and increasingly...