In the three years leading up to the Olympics, the Nazi regime saw sport as an invaluable mobilisation and propaganda tool to motivate the `master race'. Whether sympathisers or followers, German athletes went along with it; however, a number of them came to regret their decisions.

• Artline Films
• France Télévisions
• Luz Long
• Ernst Udet
• Max Schmeling
• Leni Riefenstahl
• Joseph Goebbels