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Berlin wants to host the Olympics again as 100th anniversary of 1936 Games looms

Berlin wants to host the Olympics again as 100th anniversary of 1936 Games looms

Washington Post23-05-2025
BERLIN — Berlin is making a bid to host the Olympic Games again, possibly 100 years after the city hosted the 1936 edition under the Nazis.
Berlin mayor Kai Wegner is to present plans to bid for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, with help from four other German states, on Tuesday at Berlin's Olympic stadium.
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