Important details, of course…are considered “state secrets” and are therefore systematically communicated in silence. Inspired by Goebbels and manufactured by Krupp, the “first torch” was lit at Olympia with choreography that remains unchanged to this day by the infamous Leni Riefenstahl, Hitler's official director.. It must be said that this “first torch” fell on him in 1936 at a difficult time. Czech citizens threw stones at German-speaking torchbearers as they passed through their country. For it was clear that the route they followed marked the outline of a great torch. In four years, the Third Reich will become a nightmare reality. Apparently, the Czech people of 1936 knew in advance what the Greek media and the authorities of this poor country continue to ignore in 2024. That's why we've been waiting for decades for the moment when this flame will be irrevocably extinguished. Disappeared: simply ““Olympic Torch” is “Dr. Goebbels' great idea””, as a full-page headline in the Greek daily Estia aptly stated in August 1936…
So what are the epic tales of ancient ancestors, virgin priestesses, sacred flames, and more? The entire Greek state and its political staff, including nine out of ten of its official intellectuals, have been told straight from the depths of time All this nonsense we have been taught to believe is just celebrating the nation…88th birthday! At the end of July 1936, just before the opening of the Olympic Games, which Nazism won in Berlin, Greek newspapers published their usual patriotic articles celebrating Leni Riefenstahl and her “Olympic Torch Lighting Ceremony.” The article was published with an epic accent. Here are some enlightening excerpts.
“When Olympia awoke, the sun rose from behind the conical greenery of Mount Cronion, silvering the waters of the Cladeos and Alpheus rivers, in the scorching sun of historic July 20, 1936. Those who suffered below took up their positions: the Pines of Cronion, others around the gates of Place Coubertin, and in the morning from the Cronion hill they stood until the moment when the signal for the start of the ceremony was given. I waited all night. – Leni Riefenstahl personally directed the lighting of the Olympic torch at the starting line of the ancient stadium with her film crew, and then at the Temple of Hera, where she performed as director. Girls, she soon turned the cameraman into an actor – Condylis, the first runner, had no intention of wearing the tight pants worn by the ancients. He stripped them into runners and lit the dried herb of sacred Artis. On a makeshift altar formed by a drum of pillars, he regulated the engine, filmed, and gave advice, commands, and instructions. She fired the same thing ten times and started with the first runner's torch. The German was literally burned out and sweat dripped out like a river. Riefenstahl gave him a towel to dry himself. He threw it and started shooting again.”
(…) When this takes place at Place Coubertin, a beautiful ceremony unfolds on the starting line of the ancient stadium. The virgins who carry the light of Pratsika receive the Olympic light from the sun. They are all lonely. No one can witness the lighting. And in fact, no one was allowed to attend this ritual, which was filmed by Leni Riefenstahl during a morning rehearsal, only Phoebus and the Greek virgin who gave the fire were supposed to witness the divine ritual. Ta.
(…) It's the most touching moment. Everyone looks on with quiet admiration and respect. The light of the Olympics is transmitted. Young Condylis from Olympia intersects with the girls of light and lights the sacred flame from the altar fire. This is the moment everyone has been waiting for. It is impossible for everyone's bodies not to be still, for not even a moment to have stopped breathing, and for their mouths not to be paralyzed. The silvery rays of the sun illuminated the idyllic green land of Olympia. Young Condyris, half-naked and tanned, had just lit his first torch and was running…running and holding it high. The audience erupts in applause and bravos.
In an instant he sets off, circling the Cronion ring road, carrying the Olympian torch and carrying the Olympic light, the eternal Greek civilization of feats and spirit. ” [1].
(VRADYNI Newspaper, Tuesday, July 21, 1936)
What today would be called a Hollywood spectacle directed by Leni Riefenstahl, the Nazi party's official ritual director, based on Dr. Goebbels' ideas that were enthusiastically approved by Chancellor Hitler!
Let's assume you're right. All the Greek officials who keep their mouths shut and pretend to be ignorant may finally cry out: And of course they will fight back. But that does not necessarily mean that all Olympism is rotten, that Baron Coubertin's Olympic idea is no longer valid, and that it should not inspire us.
Now let's talk about the “father” of Olympism, de Coubertin, the inventor and founder of the modern Olympic Games. His name adorns the streets and squares all over the world, especially in our country Greece. Let me be clear: Our good baron is a rare racist, militarist, reactionary, colonialist, misogynist, and warmonger (obviously with Nazi sympathies). ), a far-right figure who dwarfed even Donald Trump and his compatriot Marine Le Pen. ! And this is a small anthology of his “credos”, formulated by the Baron himself. Throughout his life, the Baron declared himself a “fanatic colonialist” and supporter of all inequalities (of class, race, gender), and ceased to declare himself so. did not.
– “Racial values are not the same, so other races must pledge allegiance to the inherently superior white race.''
• “There are two distinct races: the honest ones with strong muscles and a confident gait, and the sickly ones with a humble, hopeless look and defeated gaze. But the weak are ignored; only the strong can appreciate this education.”
• “Don’t let anyone talk about games that women, teenagers, and other vulnerable groups can participate in.”
– “The only real heroes of the Olympics are men. Women's Olympics are unthinkable. They would be uninteresting, unappealing, untrue. Their role in the Olympic Games is above all an ancient tournament of knights. Similarly, it should be about crowning the winner.”
“The superior race has every right to deny to the inferior race certain privileges of civilized life.”
“These young athletes certainly feel more prepared for war than their ancestors. And when they're ready for something, they're more willing to do it.”
• “I would like to thank the German government and the German people for their efforts in commemorating the 11th Olympiad” (…)”. (…) How could this apotheosis of the Nazi regime abandon the celebration of the 11th Olympiad, when it was the psychological shock that made possible the development of the Olympic Games?”
It was therefore no surprise that shortly thereafter, Chancellor Hitler nominated de Coubertin for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Epilogue: All of this is now common knowledge, and we have no illusions that history and other arguments will “persuade” those in power to end the biggest fraud of the past two centuries . Only a movement of real citizens can put an end to this unlikely but true “Olympic” combination of Nazi and commercial circus corruption and alienation. After all, nothing is built on lies and deceit…
