The GDR wanted to prove the superiority of socialism at the 1972 Olympic Games. West Germany was to be defeated “on its own soil”. The GDR officials left nothing to chance. A guest contribution by Jochen Staadt.
The GDR wanted to prove the superiority of socialism at the 1972 Olympic Games. West Germany was to be defeated “on its own soil”. The GDR officials left nothing to chance. A guest contribution by Jochen Staadt.
