The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international

International

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 multi-sport event

Multi-sport event

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 which was held in 1936 in Berlin

Berlin

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, Germany

Nazi Germany

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. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona

Barcelona

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, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona (two years before the Nazis came to power). It marked the second and final time that the International Olympic Committee

International Olympic Committee

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 would gather to vote in a city which was bidding to host those Games.