Melbourne 1956 Olympics: politics do not spare athletes

Melbourne 1956 Olympics politics do not spare athletes

The year 1956, one of the most turbulent of the post-war period, was not lacking in events: the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the Budapest uprising, the Poznan revolt, the of Suez, the wave of decolonization or the war in Algeria. The Melbourne Olympics will be a faithful reflection of this world in which new power relations are emerging.

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