Berlin Olympics Cancelled in 1916-- Part 2: Deutsches Stadium 1913-1933

The German Empire even constructed a dazzling new facility to serve as the center piece for the games.  Known as the Deutsches Stadium, it opened well ahead of the games in 1913.
After the First World War broke out in July 1914, preparations carried on for awhile since no one expected the hostilities to last another two years.

But, the horrific war lasted until 1918, eventually forcing the Olympics to be cancelled.

The arena was temporarily used as a military hospital.  After the war, it was used as the home of the German National Football Team (Soccer) and  German Championship games.  Also for races and the celebration of Paul von Hindenberg's 80th birthday.  Hitler even spoke here.

In 1931, the Olympic Committee made Berlin the host city of the 11th Olympics in 1936 and originally plans were to just restore the stadium, but the Nazis were in power by then and they wanted something even more grander and so the original Deutsches Stadium was torn down  in 1933, twenty years after it was built.

--DaCootOlym