100 Years after Hitler’s Games, Germany Open to Joint Bid with Israel for 2036 Olympics

The sports activities and inside minister for Berlin, Andreas Geisel, is open to the thought of a joint bid by Berlin and Tel Aviv to host the 2036 Olympic Games.

(*100*) would “of course be a strong sign for peace and international understanding – in full awareness of our painful history and the abominable misuse of the Olympic idea by the National Socialists,” Geisel informed the Berliner Morgenpost paper, DPA stories.

Tel Aviv and Berlin stand “for openness to the world, freedom and tolerance. These are the messages that radiate from a joint bid for the Olympic Games,” Geisel mentioned.

The president of the German Olympic affiliation Berlin, Richard Meng, and the managing director of the 2018 European athletics championship in Berlin, Frank Kowalski, advised each cities ought to make the bid in a joint editorial revealed within the newspaper on Saturday.

Israel’s Olympic Committee welcomed the thought of internet hosting the 2036 Olympic Games in Berlin. However, it didn’t reply particularly to the suggestion of a joint bid.

“Holding the Olympic Games in Berlin, 100 years after Hitler’s 1936 Olympics, will remind us all of the dark times we have experienced and send a strong message to the world of the values we must maintain,” the committee mentioned on Sunday.