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London hosted the next Olympiad, the 1948 Summer Olympics , awarded without election. In spite of the war, the IOC organized many events to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of its foundation at its headquarters in Lausanne , Switzerland . Held from 17 June to 19 June 1944 , this celebration was referred to as the " The Jubilee Celebrations Of IOC " by Carl Diem , the originator of the modern tradition of the Olympic Torch Relay . Polish POWs in the Woldenberg ( Dobiegniew ) Oflag II-C POW Camp were granted permission by their Nazi captors to stage an unofficial ''POW Olympics'' in 1944, showing that the Olympic spirit can transcend war. http://www.aafla.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1996/oreXXV8/oreXXV8zza.pdf SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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