Chapter 1634 Post-match turmoil
The final result of the Berlin Olympics not only made the Germans feel depressed, but also caused a collective uproar in Europe. Some European news headlines even exclaimed: "The European era is over! East Africa and the United States are on the rise..."
Their evidence is also very convincing, that is, East Africa took the top spot, and the United States ranked third among the top three, and the gap between the United States and Germany was not large, with only four medals between the two.
In addition to East Africa and the United States, Japan also ranked eighth in the medal list. Japan's ranking has not changed from the previous life.
Although there is an East African country in the top ten, Germany's annexation of the Austro-Hungarian Empire also caused Hungary, which was ranked third in the previous life, to be returned to Germany. The same is true for Austria and Czechoslovakia, which were ranked eleventh and twelfth respectively in the previous twenty.
A British sports news report said: "Among the top ten countries in the medal table, three are non-European countries, with East Africa and the United States performing particularly well."
"This fully demonstrates the strong rise of countries outside of Europe. In addition to East Africa, the United States, and Japan, Argentina, Egypt, Canada, and Alaska have also squeezed into the top 20. Other countries and regions outside of Europe also performed well, such as South Africa, Venezuela, and East Kalimantan..."
The main data referred to by the British newspaper is the total number of gold medals, not the number of medals, so Alaska from East Africa successfully entered the top 20 with two gold medals and one bronze medal.
Two gold medals are enough to ensure that any country or region can enter the top 20, including Argentina, Egypt and Canada.
The opposite example is Switzerland, which won thirteen medals, an excellent result, but only one gold medal, so its position can only be inferior to the above four countries.
The British sports news outlet, which is keen on watching the fun, commented on the change.
"The Berlin Olympics demonstrated the serious decline of Europe's influence in the world. The performance of British athletes in particular was very worrying. This was the worst result the Empire had achieved in recent years..."
Britain is definitely not satisfied with the Berlin Olympics. Since the launch of the Olympic Games, Britain's performance has been getting worse and worse with each subsequent session, with both the number of gold medals and the number of medals showing a downward trend.
Therefore, the decline in performance at the Olympics seems to confirm Britain's declining national strength.
Moreover, Britain's performance in this Olympics was surpassed by its old rival France, which made the British people feel even more disappointed.
If the British felt lost, then the Germans' mentality at this time could be said to be "explosive", especially the extreme nationalists in Germany, who were completely angry and humiliated.
Being suppressed by East Africa was still acceptable, but the humiliation brought to them by the Americans was quite great.
This time, there were Jewish and black athletes among the American athletes. When they won the championship, it was a slap in the face to the extreme nationalists and racists in Germany.
The illegal newspapers of the German underground party mocked: "The racial narrative lies of the dictator Adolf have been completely shattered by the outstanding achievements of the United States and East Africa, especially the African American athlete Owens, who won two championships and proved the absurdity of the theory of Aryan superiority."
"Owens' skin is black, but in the darkest corner of Germany, he is like a bright light, making the dictator Adolf look like a clown under the light..."
The media that dared to mock Adolf in this way in Germany were basically workshop-style newspapers controlled by the underground Labor Party.
Since the merger of Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Adolf has carried out several encirclement and purges of German labor party organizations across the country. Now opposition organizations such as the German Labor Party can basically only hide in the dark.
The Berlin Olympics was a good opportunity. During this period, the German government had a window of opportunity in terms of supervision, and even anti-Semitic propaganda was temporarily stopped by the German government.
The German Labor Party saw this opportunity and launched an attack on Adolf. Of course, under the current strict rule in Germany, it could only create a tiny ripple.
The German people did not dare to read, disseminate, or even collect the underground party's materials publicly, as they would attract the secret police and suffer disastrous consequences.
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In the Berlin residence, Adolf was now furious.
"Now that the Olympics are over, what are you doing? You actually let these sewer rats out again!"
On Adolf's desk, there was an underground party newspaper clearly displayed, which was full of various evaluations of Adolf's government.
After reading these contraband items confiscated by the secret police, Adolf was indeed furious.
He continued roaring, "And those of our athletes who didn't achieve any results have brought shame to the Empire in front of the world. Losing to countries like East Africa and the United States, they should reflect on their own performance and see if they've been slacking off in their training."
"Especially that damned Owens, that black American. Letting him win is a great humiliation to the empire!"
Adolf had been fuming during the Olympics, and he vented his anger over the issue of the German Labor Party's illegal newspapers.
Heinrich, who had been silent the entire time, finally spoke slowly, "Your Excellency, the Empire's performance this time was actually quite outstanding. It did not tarnish the Empire's image. On the contrary, the Berlin Olympics further demonstrated the superiority of the Aryan race."
Adolf stared at Heinrich intently, and spoke only after making sure that the head of the German secret police was not implying something about him.
"Heinrich, you'd better speak clearly, otherwise I will doubt your loyalty to the Empire!"
Although Adolf's words seemed a bit harsh and even threatening, Heinrich noticed that Adolf's tone was much more relaxed than before.
However, Heinrich knew very well that it was not because Adolf was in a better mood, but because he had vented all the negative emotions that had been accumulated in his heart after he got angry just now. In other words, Adolf was tired of scolding.
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, there were indeed some unexpected events during these Olympics, but overall, our theory has not been disproven; instead, it has been further verified. The German people remain the most superior race in the world, and the Aryan bloodline is more noble than that of other races."
Heinrich set the tone with a serious look on his face.
"This time, Germany achieved second place in the Olympics, with a very good number of gold medals and medals."
"As for East Africa, which ranks first, they are able to do better in terms of results because they have German blood flowing through their bodies. Even if this blood is not pure, we cannot ignore East Africa's huge population base."
"Although there is no clear data on the total population of East Africa, I believe that the population of East Africa is at least 100 million more than that of Germany."
"It is precisely because of this numerical advantage that even if the blood of East Africans is impure, we can still select athletes with a higher proportion of Aryan blood to participate in the competition."
"It's like the athletes in southern Italy. Their bloodline is contaminated, but they can still gain a certain advantage by relying on Aryan genes."
Adolf naturally did not fully agree with Heinrich's "deviant" theory, but he also felt that it made sense, so he gestured for Heinrich to continue.
Heinrich looked at Adolf and said, "Besides this, I have another piece of evidence to prove this."
"That is, East Africa has a large number of medals, but the quality is far inferior to that of the Empire. After all, the Empire itself has a population of just over 100 million, only about half of East Africa's. Yet, East Africa's gold medals and medal count are less than double ours."
"If East Africa were entirely of German descent, I believe it would have been easy for them to win over 130 medals this time. However, they only won less than 50 more medals than us."
"This just shows that the backward racial blood mixed in East Africans has interfered with their normal evaporation."
We have to say that Heinrich is a "genius". Even with such an abstract explanation, he found a logical loop.
Adolf was confused by his twisted logic.
"Heinrich, I have to say you've grasped the crux of the matter. I'm not prejudiced or malicious towards East Africa, but the facts prove that East Africa is indeed contaminated by the dirty blood of backward races."
"Otherwise, as you said, given the population size of East Africa, they should have achieved better results. So it's their mixed East African ancestry that's affecting their performance."
"They only won thirty-one gold medals. If they weren't of impure blood, the number could have been sixty, or even more, but definitely not thirty-one."
It is obvious that both Adolf and Heinrich avoided a problem, that is, although it is true that East Africa has a larger population than Germany, the number of East African participants in this Olympics is less than that of Germany. As the host country, Germany has the most athletes, followed by East Africa, the United States and other countries.
The theory of Aryan superiority was infallible! Therefore, Adolf easily accepted Heinrich's argument.
Moreover, he also extended this theory to another point.
"Places like Venezuela, Alaska, and East Kalimantan have achieved good results, which is definitely due to the influence of Aryan blood. We German immigrants have come to these three places, so their bloodline has improved."
The only medal Venezuela won was indeed won by a German athlete, but that athlete was also of mixed-race German descent.
His father was an employee of an East African oil company invested and built in Venezuela, and he married a local Venezuelan woman.
As for East African colonies such as Alaska and East Kalimantan, there is no need to say more. Even though they have typical East Asian features, in Adolf's eyes, they are definitely mixed-race Germans who have been "improved" by Aryan blood.
By analogy, there are also relatively large numbers of German immigrants in countries such as Argentina, the United States, and Canada.
Adolf boasted, "Many countries have achieved superior results thanks to the influence of German immigrants."
At this time, Heinrich also cooperated and said, "That's right. And their advantage in sports doesn't fully explain the problem. In areas such as art and military, where intelligence and talent are displayed, we Germans are more outstanding."
The 1936 Berlin Olympics included many unique events, such as art competitions, including architecture, literature, music and painting.
The German architect Speer mentioned earlier, the architect of the Berlin Olympic Stadium, won a silver medal in the art competition.
There was also a military event in this Olympics, called Military Patrol, but the winner was the Italian team, consisting of one officer and three soldiers.
Although Germany did not win the championship, its performance in this field was obviously much better than that of East Africa and the United States, because East Africa and the United States did not participate in this event at all.
In addition, there are some strange events in the Berlin Olympics, in which East Africa and the United States did not participate, such as the eleven-a-side handball competition that started on July 31.
Handball as a sport is not particularly unpopular, but eleven-a-side handball is quite unpopular because eleven-a-side handball is only popular in Central Europe, while seven-a-side handball is popular in other countries.
So, there is no doubt that the championship of this event was won by Germany, while East Africa and the United States did not send any athletes to participate.
There is a similar situation in the sailing competition of this Olympic Games. In order to demonstrate its advanced manufacturing technology, Germany specially designed a unique sailboat. This type of ship specially designed by Germany to demonstrate its shipbuilding technology is called the Berlin-class Oder boat.
Since the boat was designed by Germany, other countries had almost no such boats, resulting in low participation in the competition. Germany won the final championship without any suspense.
In addition to the above-mentioned strange sports, East African athletes are not very good at some sports that are not popular in East Africa or are aristocratic sports, such as equestrianism.
The country of East Africa has no historical heritage. Although there are nobles in East Africa, they are completely different from European nobles. Therefore, some aristocratic sports are not very popular among East African nobles. Instead, they prefer some popular sports.
For example, football has the widest audience in East Africa. After all, this sport has been widely promoted in East Africa since the colonial era. There is no doubt that East Africa won the football championship in this Olympics, while the runner-up was Germany and the third place was Italy.
Football is very popular among the so-called aristocratic groups in East Africa, especially those with military merit and their descendants.
In general, the nobles of East Africa are the "nouveau riche" in the eyes of European nobles. They have no aristocratic baggage and the threshold is relatively low. Basically, anyone who has made great contributions to East Africa in various fields can get the opportunity to become an East African noble.
Of course, these are not what Adolf cares about now. He wants to fill the holes in his racial theory.
He said to Heinrich: "Let the Reich's propaganda department interpret the Berlin Olympics according to our conclusions. Make sure everyone knows that the Aryan bloodline is still the best in the world."
"Also, as for those sewer rats in the Labour Party, your police department must crack down on them this time and pull them out of the sewer. I don't want to see this kind of contraband that slanders the Empire appear on my desk again."
Faced with Adolf's instructions, Heinrich naturally did not refuse. He gave Adolf a standard German military salute and assured him, "Don't worry, Prime Minister. We will soon be able to eliminate the misleading public opinion and completely settle accounts with those rats who hate and are hostile to the Reich."
(End of this chapter)
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