TWIN-TOWN SITE
Garmisch and Partenkirchen, neighboring German villages of in the Bavarian Alps, host the fourth Winter. The number of participating nations increases to 28, including first-timers Australia, Bulgaria, Greece, Liechtenstein, Spain and Turkey.
FORUM FOR NAZISM
Just as they would later in the year at the Berlin Summer Games, GermanyNational Socialists use the Winter Olympics as evidence of their beliefs in Nazism as a superior way of life. Nazi control is evident pts to organize all democratic countries in a boycott of the Olympics.
NORWAY in her own skating show and amass a personal wealth of $45 million at the time of her death at the age of 57 in 1969.
GERMANYermany in the 1936 Winter Games eak at 20 games. But it takes 11 British Canadians on the team to do the trick for Great Britain. Top billing goes to B.C. import Jimmy Foster, the goaltender who stops all but three shots against him in eight total games.
GOLD DROUGHT
The United States manages just one gold medal HEADED FOR THE SLOPES
Alpine skiing makes its Olympic debut as a combined downhill-slalom event, and the coming out is not without controversy and absences. The IOC reverses an International Ski Federation decision ruling ski instructors as professionals and unable to compete in the amateur-based Olympics. In protest, skiers from Austria and Switzerland boycott the Alpine events.
SPORTS TRANSPORTS
Germany is credited with an excellent transportation service, highlighted by the bus service that on the final day alone shuttles a half-million people to the day With partner Maxi Herber, Germany
