Μake us preferred on GoogleNinety years ago, Berlin opened the most politically charged Olympic Games in modern history. Behind the Olympic flags, though, the swastika already flew high, and Hitler’s suffocating presence loomed over the entire event. The route from Olympia to Berlin has remained ever since one of the most recognizable rituals of the Olympic Games. Leading the Greek delegation was Spyros Louis, winner of the marathon at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. The answer, he suggested, lay in the barracks, the airfields, and the Hitler Youth marching through the streets in military step.