Berlin Games (26 page)

Helen Stephens of the Unites States winning the 100-metres final. In second place, at the far left, is Stella Walsh. In third, second from left, is Kathe Krauss. The gender of all three women would be subject to many doubts.

 

English Walkyries and the SS: Unity Mitford (left) and her sister, Diana Guinness. Unity was in love with Hitler, Diana saw him as a source of funding for the British Union of Fascists, led by her lover, Sir Oswald Mosley.

 

Leni Riefenstahl, the German filmmaker, flirting with American decathlete Glenn Morris in the centre of the Olympic stadium. Their relationship would go several stages further.

 

The Fulton Flash and The Fuehrer: Helen Stephens did not accept Hitler's offer of a weekend in the mountains.

 

Marty Glickman (left) and Sam Stoller, two Jewish members of the United States' 4 x 100 metres team who were mysteriously dropped shortly before their event.

 

The Jewish Hungarian fencer Endre Kabos surrounded by fans. Kabos had given up fencing owing to the anti-Semitism in his own country, although his return to the sport was triumphant.

 

Helene Mayer, the silver medal winner in the fencing, performs a Nazi salute despite the fact that her Jewishness had almost deprived her of a place on the team.

 

Dorothy Poynton Hill, the United States diver. She kept her imminent sponsorship deal with Camel cigarettes a closely-guarded secret throughout the Games.

 

Dorothy Poynton Hill (right) always struck the right pose. Note the shoes. To her right is fellow American Velma Dunn and German Käte Koehler.

 

‘You flip out and reach out as far as you can': Adolph Kiefer of the United States displaying his gold-medal winning form.

 

Decathlete Glenn Morris and backstroker Eleanor Holm in a studio shot to publicise the execrable Tarzan's Revenge. Holm's antics on the ship over to Germany saw her dropped from the Olympic team.

 

Hendrika Mastenbroek and her coach, ‘Ma' Braun, who would covet the Dutch quadruple medal winner as a daughter.

 

Bill Roberts (far left) takes the baton from Godfrey Rampling at the start of his leg of the 1600-metre relay. He would be mercilessly challenged by O'Brien of the United States (centre, white shorts).