The Minister of sports and interior in Berlin, Andreas Geisel, has initiated plans to set up a joint bid by Berlin and Tel Aviv (Isreal) aiming at hosting the 2036 Olympic Games.
This would “of course be a strong sign for peace and international understanding in full awareness of our painful history and the abominable misuse of the Olympic idea by the National Socialists,” the Berlin minister said.
The idea was also welcomed by Israel’s Olympic Committee, However, it didn’t respond specifically to the suggestion of a joint bid.
“Holding the Olympic Games in Berlin, 100 years after Hitler’s 1936 Olympics, will remind us all of the dark times we have experienced and send a strong message to the world of the values we must maintain,” the committee said.
