The strange history of the Olympic Torch—and why it has to stay lit
The strange history of the Olympic Torch—and why it has to stay lit
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Where were you watching the Sydney Olympic torch relay in 2000? 🔥🏃‍♀️ It had come through the Southern Highlands a few days earlier and 20 years ago today, it worked its way through Nowra, Kiama and Wollongong before heading into Southern Sydney. Look back on how we reported that day. 🎥 | ABC Illawarra
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The inaugural Olympic torch relay at the Berlin Olympics in 1936 was part of the Nazis’ powerful propaganda push behind the games. More than 3,000 runners—including Austrian Jew Eric Frisch—carried torches from Olympia, Greece, to Berlin. “I ran approximately at midnight in a corn field,” Eric recalled. “It was a little windy and the flame started to jiggle … God forbid that darn thing goes out while I’m running it, they’ll say a Jew did that on purpose.” Artifacts shown in the video were donate
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On August 1, 1936, the Summer Olympic Games opened in Berlin. The Olympic Torch Relay, now a staple of the Olympics, took place for the first time that year. Learn more: http://bit.ly/2uTQ2a7 | United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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