Boycott of the Nazis: The Odd Tale of the 1936 Popular Olympics
Popular Olympics was the first boycott attempt in the history of the Olympics after it was decided to be held in Berlin.
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Popular Olympics was the first boycott attempt in the history of the Olympics after it was decided to be held in Berlin.
Almudéver died just two months before his 102 nd birthday, but when he first joined the Pablo Iglesias Battalion of the Republican Army at 17, he lied about his age. He was injured at the Battle of Teruel, discovered, and sent home. His family had always been one of action and adventure; his mother was a circus performer and his father, a bricklayer, had been exiled to France for trying to burn down a church. Almudéver was born there, and was a French citizen. He used this status to enlist in the International Brigades, in which he served as a fighter and translator for the Garibaldi Brigad...