A letter from a fan urges Owens to refuse to accept a medal from ‘bloodstained hands’. He never saw it; it was intercepted by the Gestapo, the German secret police.
In the gymnasium stands a pommel horse used by the athletes.
A few dozen German tourists join the guided tours each day. Local school groups are taken here to learn their nation’s history.
“We always try to put the subject inside these exhibitions because this was called the village of peace but indeed Nazi propaganda didn’t stop at the doors of the village," said Becker.
There were early signs of militarism. A carved mural in the on-site theater shows marching German soldiers.
“It was the first time that they really said we’ll have an Olympic village, later on it will be used as a garrison. But indeed when the athletes arrived they had the best facilities they’d ever had in any Olympic village before," explained Becker.
Days after the athletes left, hundreds of soldiers moved in. The former ‘Dining Hall of the Nations’ served as a hospital for wounded German troops during World War II.
After 1945 the Soviet army moved in - painting communist propaganda on the walls including a mural showing Soviet troops planting the hammer and sickle flag on the German parliament.
With the fall of communism the former village was abandoned in 1992 and neglected for over a decade.
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