Why was the Olympics games awarded to Berlin in 1936?

Question

Weren't the Olympic officials aware of the dangers of Nazism or was it given to them as a good behaviour bond.

Answer 1

No, they probably knew of all the Nazism, but not aware of the horrible things that were going to followed

Answer 2

The Olympics were awarded to Germany on April 26, 1931, two years before Hitler became Germany's leader.

Answer 3

"...The 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin are an example of how the Olympics have been used to promote a political agenda. The German n**i Party promoted the 1936 Games as propaganda for the superiority of both the Aryan race and the facist political structure. In a stunning reversal, Luz Long, a German competitor in the long jump, helped Jesse Owens (a black athlete) to win the long jump, at the expense of his own silver medal; some describe this as the "true Olympic Spirit."[46] In a similar vein the Soviet Union did not participate in the Olympic Games until the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Instead, in 1928 the Soviets organized an international sports event called Spartakiads. Many athletes from Communist organizations or from countries with close political ties to the Soviet Union chose not to participate, or were even barred from participating in Olympic Games, and instead participated in Spartakiads.[47]

A political incident on a smaller scale occurred at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Two American track-and-field athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, who finished first and third in the 200-meter track and field race, performed the Black Power salute on the victory stand. The second place finisher, Peter Norman, wore an Olympic Project for Human Rights badge in support of Smith and Carlos. In response to the protest, the IOC's president Avery Brundage told the United States Olympic Committee to either send the two athletes home, or withdraw the complete track and field team...."

Answer 4

I believe the games were awarded to Berlin before the n**i Party took over. My guess is that they didn't take the games away because they didn't want to insult the Germans.