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ELI5: Why Nazi Germany was chosen for the 1936 Olympics?

I know that there is a panel of judges ( of sorts ) that chooses amongst potential host countries applicants. So why Nazi Germany?
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Firstly, Germany was awarded the Olympics in 1931, two years before Hitler even came to power.  At the time, Germany might have been in a bit of turmoil, but nothing the would warrant exclusion from hosting the games.

Even after the rise of Hitler and the Nazi's, there was no real reason to remove the games from Germany.  At the time, Germany was doing half decent economically while the rest of the developed world was in a depression.  So, they had no problems building all the venues and infrastructure needed for the games.  Spain, the country that Germany beat to get the Olympics, was in the midst of a civil war.  In 1936, the only evil thing that Hitler had done was the Nuremberg Laws, which removed the rights of the Jews.  However, most of the world did not fully appreciate the scope of the laws, nor did they care.

In the end, the Olympics were fairly successful.  In fact, they started the tradition of the Olympic Flame.