Today I Found Out

The Nazis and the Origin of the Olympic Flame Tradition (2016x168)

Air date: Aug 17, 2016

→Subscribe for new vid→’ and Hera’s temples to honor them during the Olympic Games. The practice was brought back during the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Olympics and today the Olympic flame is first lit at the same location where Hera’s temple used to be before it is transported by various means to the city that is hosting the Games. During the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, though, there was no torch relay and the fire was simply lit on Marathon Tower at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/08/origin-of-the-olympic-flame-tradition-and-the-nazi-origin-of-the-olympic-torch-relay/ Sources: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1845136950/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1845136950&linkCode=as2&tag=vicastingcom-20 http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Reports/EN/en_report_1303.pdf http://registration.olympic.org/en/faq/detail/id/26 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_symbols http://history1900s.about.com/od/greateventsofthecentury/a/olympicfacts.htm http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/11/november-15th-the-first-of-the-modern-olympic-games-are-played-in-athens-greece/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/raiseyourgame/sites/dedication/2012/pages/olympic_history.shtml http://www.infoplease.com/sports/olympics/history-olympic-torch.html http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/05/the-nazi-origins-of-the-olympic-flame-relay/257002/ http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/The_Olympic_Torch_relay.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Diem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Olympic_Flame_Varese_10307511.jpg