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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

En el verano de 1936, Berlín enfebrece con la celebración de los Juegos Olímpicos. La ciudad muestra de nuevo su rostro más abierto y cosmopolita. Los carteles con "prohibido a los judíos" han desaparecido de las paredes y, en lugar de los himnos nazis, en las calles se escuchan ritmos de swing. Aquél fue un verano de contradicciones: mientras en el estadio olímpico las masas celebraban las hazañas deportivas, a las puertas de la capital se abrían campos de concentración. Oliver Hilmes acompaña a personajes célebres del momento y gente corriente, deportistas, escritores, artistas, ...

El estilo literario de la Historia de la conquista de la Nueva España se anticipa al neoclasicismo, por lo que los autores del siglo XVIII tuvieron esta obra de Antonio de Solís en gran estima. Se sabe que el autor escribió varias veces el texto. Sin embargo, al igual que López de Gómara, nunca estuvo en América.