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The Olympic oaks or, informally, Hitler oaks are the English oak trees grown from the year-old saplings given to the gold medal winners of the 1936 Olympic Games, in Berlin, which was seen as Adolf Hitler's games. They were called "Olympic oaks" at the time. Not many are known, and fewer have survived. Not all of the trees, if any, were presented by Hitler; Lovelock's, for example, was presented by Dr Theodor Lewald, and Boardman's was collected by members of his crew. 130 gold medals were awarded, and a corresponding number of trees.

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  • Als Olympia-Eichen werden die Eichen bezeichnet, die den Siegern und Siegerinnen der Olympischen Sommerspiele 1936 zusätzlich zur Goldmedaille überreicht wurden. In den sportlichen Disziplinen wurden mit 130 Goldmedaillen ebenso viele Olympia-Eichen an siegreiche Einzelsportler und Mannschaften vergeben; zusätzlich gab es elf Medaillen und Eichen in den olympischen Kunstwettbewerben. Einige dieser Olympia-Eichen wurden nach der Rückkehr der Gewinner in deren Ländern gepflanzt und sind bis heute erhalten. (de)
  • The Olympic oaks or, informally, Hitler oaks are the English oak trees grown from the year-old saplings given to the gold medal winners of the 1936 Olympic Games, in Berlin, which was seen as Adolf Hitler's games. They were called "Olympic oaks" at the time. Not many are known, and fewer have survived. Not all of the trees, if any, were presented by Hitler; Lovelock's, for example, was presented by Dr Theodor Lewald, and Boardman's was collected by members of his crew. 130 gold medals were awarded, and a corresponding number of trees. (en)
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  • Als Olympia-Eichen werden die Eichen bezeichnet, die den Siegern und Siegerinnen der Olympischen Sommerspiele 1936 zusätzlich zur Goldmedaille überreicht wurden. In den sportlichen Disziplinen wurden mit 130 Goldmedaillen ebenso viele Olympia-Eichen an siegreiche Einzelsportler und Mannschaften vergeben; zusätzlich gab es elf Medaillen und Eichen in den olympischen Kunstwettbewerben. Einige dieser Olympia-Eichen wurden nach der Rückkehr der Gewinner in deren Ländern gepflanzt und sind bis heute erhalten. (de)
  • The Olympic oaks or, informally, Hitler oaks are the English oak trees grown from the year-old saplings given to the gold medal winners of the 1936 Olympic Games, in Berlin, which was seen as Adolf Hitler's games. They were called "Olympic oaks" at the time. Not many are known, and fewer have survived. Not all of the trees, if any, were presented by Hitler; Lovelock's, for example, was presented by Dr Theodor Lewald, and Boardman's was collected by members of his crew. 130 gold medals were awarded, and a corresponding number of trees. (en)
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  • Olympia-Eiche (de)
  • Olympic oaks (en)
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