Originally published in German as Berlin 1936: Sechzehn Tage im August

By Oliver Hilmes

Copyright © 2016 Siedler Verlag, a division of Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH, München, Germany

English-language translation copyright © Jefferson Chase 2018

Published in the United Kingdom in 2018 by Bodley Head, an imprint of Vintage. Vintage is part of the Penguin Random House group of companies.

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:

Names: Hilmes, Oliver, author. | Chase, Jefferson S., translator.

Title: Berlin 1936 : sixteen days in August / Oliver Hilmes; translated from the German by Jefferson Chase.

Other titles: Berlin 1936. English

Description: New York : Other Press, 2018.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017031868 | ISBN 9781590519295 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781590519301 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany) | Berlin (Germany)—History—1918-1945. | Olympics—Political aspects—Germany. | National socialism and sports.

Classification: LCC GV722 1936 .H5413 2018 | DDC 796.48—dc23

LC record available at https://​lccn.loc.gov/​2017031868

Ebook ISBN 9781590519301

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