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S5, E7- “The Nazi Olympics” with Keith Kuehn

Helene Mayer, Olympic Fencer, c. 1936.
“Helene Mayer, c1936” by Los Angeles Times is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

In episode 7 of this season, senior history major Keith Kuehn visits with Hollie about the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, or “The Nazi Olympics.” Helene Mayer (pictured above) was a German Jewish fencer who competed and won a silver for Germany. Keith unpacks the use of German propaganda, including film and television as well as the German discrimination against Jews and how this played out during the 1936 games.

Keith also briefly discusses his pet Eugene, who became the mascot for Ms. Marquess’s Women in American History course. Eugene, a female tortoise, got dressed up based on the theme of each week. Here she is as Eugene the Riveter.

Eugene Kuehn, tortoise extrordinaire

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Selected Bibliography:

Birchall, Frederick T. “Goebbels Denies Intent to Use Games for Propaganda Purposes.” New York Times. July 31, 1936. accessed November 20, 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/1936/07/31/archives/goebbels-denies-intent-to-use-games-for-propaganda-purposes.html?searchResultPosition=20.

Kline, Christopher. “The Olympic Torch Relay’s Surprising Origins.” History. A&E Television Networks, published May 17, 2012. accessed December 2, 2023.

Pinkhasov, Seymon, dir. What If? The Helene Mayer Story. 2008; Hesse, Germany: 2021. stream. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIUs_ceGVYw.

Riefenstahl, Leni, dir. Olympia. April 20, 1938. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s23Q01qvdGs&t=1458s.

Riefenstahl, Leni. Leni Riefenstahl Interview, 1964. NDR-Nordschau. 1964. Accessed November 20, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1zdzmxpif8&t=1s.

Are you interested in a history degree? We have online and on campus B.A. programs and we also have online and on campus M.A. programs in history or public history. Learn more at https://www.fhsu.edu/history/academic-program

S5 E2- “The German Genocide of the Herero” with Larry Zieammermann

History Grad student Larry Zieammermann joins Hollie to discuss the German Genocide of the Herero. If you haven’t already, pop back into season 1 to listen to his first appearance on the podcast when he discussed Lucy Parsons.

You can find this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or any of the major podcast platforms. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode. While you’re there, give us a review. Let us know what you like and share widely!

Selected Bibliography:

Gewald, Jan-Bart. Herero Heroes: A Socio-Political History of the Herero of Namibia 1890-1923. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1999.

Gewald, Jan-Bart. “The Great General Of The Kaiser.” Botswana Notes and Records 26 (1994):67-76.

Schaller, Dominik J. and Zimmerer, Jurgen. “Settlers, Imperialism, Genocide: Seeing the Global without Ignoring the Local.” Journal of Genocide Research 10, no. 2 (2008): 191-99.

Erichsen, C.W.. “The Angel of Death has Descended Violently Among Them”: Concentration Camps and Prisoners-of-War in Namibia, 1908-1908. Leiden: African Studies Centre,2005.

Are you interested in a history degree? We have online and on campus B.A. programs and we also have online and on campus M.A. programs in history or public history. Learn more at https://www.fhsu.edu/history/academic-program