Most people would classify the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games as simply another Olympics, and they would be right because the Games had the classic triumphs and upsets that occur in all the Olympic Games. What most people didn't see, behind the spectacle of the games, was the effect the Nazi Party had on every aspect of the Games, including the results. Despite Nazi Germany's determination to be the superior nation at the 1936 Olympics, its efforts were almost undermined by the very people they were trying to exclude. Germany made it very clear before the Olympics that they were in fact an anti-Semitic race. . Before the Olympics, anti-Jewish signs were hung and the newspapers had harsh rhetoric. During the Games, these incriminating objects were hidden from view, giving foreigners visiting the Games a false impression of the real (“Nazi” 2) Germany. When American swimmer Adolf Kiefer visited Germany in 1935, he said he saw the acts against Jews were quite obvious, but when he returned for the Olympics in 1936 he didn't see even a Star of David to distinguish a Jew (Walters 238-239) . To increase the deception on the world, the German Olympic team allowed member fencer, Helen Mayer, to compete for them. “She won a silver medal in women's individual fencing” (“Nazi” 2). After accepting the medal, Helen gave the Nazi salute. Mayer's act shocked his fellow Jews for years (Walters 214). However, journalist William Shirer looked beyond the façade that was the Nazi propaganda machine and saw Germany for the country it truly was (“Nazi” 3). Only the Nazis' use of the media set these Olympics above previous ones. These Games are the first Olympics to be televised (Wallechinsky 11). “Twenty-five televisio...... middle of paper......rint.MacNee, Marie J. and Rebecca Nelson, eds. The Olympic Factbook: A Spectator's Guide to the Summer Games. Detroit: Visible Ink, 1996. Print."Nazi Olympics, Berlin 1936." ushmm.org. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.nd Web. March 29, 2011.http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005680.“Olympic Games." World Book Encyclopedia NO. 2007 ed .Vol. 14. Chicago: WorldBook, 2007. 746-55. Print.Trueman, Chris. "The 1936 Berlin Olympics." :William Morrow, 2006. Print.Wallechinsky, David The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics: Edition Athens 2004.Wilmington, DE: Sports Classic, 2004. Print..