In the TV documentary - it mentioned that the Nazis excavated at Olympia, and 'unearthed' the Olympic Rings symbol (among other faked 'finds') - which had a surprising [exact] resemblance to the previous (and rather cute and elegant!) De Coubertain design... :-)

You have to remember their Ayrian Supremacy Creed which basically stated that Germany was the natural successor to the Roman Empire.

Funny that, if you remember that The Legions - about 3 I think - (Claudius' time?) were butchered by a certain 'proto-german' Leader (who served as an auxillary in the Legions for a while & knew their tactics) living in the Forests East of the Rhine - and that is why the Romans never tried to seriously go back there, but built a line of forts and a wall along the border to keep the goddam barbaric 'proto-germans' out...

But that Nazis were always prepared to fake the documentary evidence... just like some modern politicians... ;-)

Robin