Deutsche Radio-Illustrierte No. 31

Cover of Deutsche Radio-Illustrierte (German Radio Illustrated), No. 31, 4th year, covering the week 2-8 August 1936. This special Olympic Games issue was published to coincide with the opening days of the Berlin Summer Olympics and features a dramatic photograph of the ceremonial lighting of the Olympic flame at Olympia, Greece. The cover shows a group of young women carrying the sacred flame through the ancient ruins, symbolising the beginning of the Olympic torch relay that would bring the flame to Berlin for the Games. The issue reflects the central role of radio broadcasting in the 1936 Olympics, which were presented as an international showcase of modern Germany. Interior pages contain extensive Olympic coverage, radio schedules, technical information on Olympic broadcasts and reports on sporting events, illustrating how radio connected audiences across Germany and Europe to the Games in real time. The publication demonstrates the close relationship between mass media, technological modernity and the carefully choreographed presentation of the Berlin Olympics to domestic and international audiences. As a contemporary Olympic publication, it provides a valuable record of the first Olympic torch relay, a tradition introduced for the 1936 Games, and of the importance placed on radio as a medium of national and international communication during the interwar period

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