BOOKS IN BRIEF
Jul 30, 2021
3 minutes
— David Walsh
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Sport in the Third Reich, by Rob Newbrough (ISBN13: 9780764340420), Schiffer Publishing Co., Atglen, Pa. Hardcover, : 9” x 12,” 2200+ color & b/w images, 2012, $150)
Adolf Hitler’s Reich embraced sport as few nations have. Practiced everywhere and state-ordered, exercise was a core part of Nazi ideology. Health and fitness overall were deemed correctives for the Weimar Republic with its America-inspired frenzied dancing, Harlem jazz, modern art, rampant
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