Berlin in August 1936: Tens of thousands of guests from all over the world flood into the city. The Olympic Games attract visitors to the sports venues, the streets, bars, and cafés. For a brief moment, Berlin seems cosmopolitan and carefree, as if the dictatorship has entered a pause mode. Oliver Hilmes follows Berliners and tourists, athletes and artists, diplomats and Nazi leaders, night owls and show stars through the feverish, shimmering time of the Summer Games and tells their stories. These are stories of victims and perpetrators, of bystanders and spectators. It is the story of a unique summer.