In 1936, Clara Thalmann hitchhiked from Switzerland to Barcelona to participate in the People’s Olympiad as a swimmer. But Thalmann was not representing any country—Thalmann was a Left-Communist who’d been an early member of the Communist Party of Switzerland (before being expelled for opposition to Joseph Stalin) and was going to Barcelona as an affiliate of the Workers’ Swim Club.
An Olympics for the People?
An Olympics for the People?
An Olympics for the People?
In 1936, Clara Thalmann hitchhiked from Switzerland to Barcelona to participate in the People’s Olympiad as a swimmer. But Thalmann was not representing any country—Thalmann was a Left-Communist who’d been an early member of the Communist Party of Switzerland (before being expelled for opposition to Joseph Stalin) and was going to Barcelona as an affiliate of the Workers’ Swim Club.