The last of the 3000 runners that carried the Olympic torch from Olympia, Greece, arrives in the Lustgarten in Berlin to light the Olympic Flame and start the 11th Summer Olympic Games.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 21675

Overview

Caption: The last of the 3000 runners that carried the Olympic torch from Olympia, Greece, arrives in the Lustgarten in Berlin to light the Olympic Flame and start the 11th Summer Olympic Games.
Photographer: Heinrich Hoffmann/Studio of H. Hoffmann
Date: 1936 August 01
Locale: Berlin, [Berlin] Germany
Variant Locale: Berlin-Buckow
Berlin-Mariendorf
Berlin-Ploetzensee
Berlin-Reinickendorf
Berlin-Tempelhof
Berlin-Wannsee
Berlin-Schlachtensee
Berlin-Duppel
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Photo Source: National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Copyright: Public Domain

Source Record ID: 242-HD-49

Keyword: ARRIVAL FLAGS FLAGS (NAZI) GERMANS LUSTGARTEN (BERLIN) OLYMPICS SPECTATORS/AUDIENCES/BYSTANDERS SPORTS/TEAMS/ATHLETES TORCHES
Photo Designation: OLYMPICS -- Berlin Games (1936) -- Arrival/Parades/Opening Ceremonies