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Last night I attended the opening of the exhibition More Than Just Games: Canada & the 1936 Olympics at the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre. The event began with Harold Troper (University of Toronto prof) and Richard Menkin (University of British Columbia prof) discussing the process of organising research material for the exhibition and how they went finding information and interviewing people. Then, David Halton, a former CBC senior foreign correspondent shared writing by his father - Matthew Halton, a London correspondent for the Toronto Star. Matthew spent time in Germany in 1933 writing articles detailing Hitler’s quest for power and the Nazi’s treatment of the Jews. This photo from the exhibition is of Phil Edwards. He won 5 bronze medals for Canada over 3 Olympics including a bronze in the 800 meter race at the Berlin Games. It was a beneficial experience learning about Canada’s role at the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany (both summer and winter games) and I plan to re-visit again when friends come for the 2010 Olympics. The exhibition continues until June 18, 2010. My flickr photo set is here.

Last night I attended the opening of the exhibition More Than Just Games: Canada & the 1936 Olympics at the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre.

The event began with Harold Troper (University of Toronto prof) and Richard Menkin (University of British Columbia prof) discussing the process of organising research material for the exhibition and how they went finding information and interviewing people.

Then, David Halton, a former CBC senior foreign correspondent shared writing by his father - Matthew Halton, a London correspondent for the Toronto Star. Matthew spent time in Germany in 1933 writing articles detailing Hitler’s quest for power and the Nazi’s treatment of the Jews.

This photo from the exhibition is of Phil Edwards. He won 5 bronze medals for Canada over 3 Olympics including a bronze in the 800 meter race at the Berlin Games.

It was a beneficial experience learning about Canada’s role at the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany (both summer and winter games) and I plan to re-visit again when friends come for the 2010 Olympics.

The exhibition continues until June 18, 2010.

My flickr photo set is here.

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