Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936
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German citizens saluting Adolf Hitler at the opening of the 11th Olympiad in Berlin. —National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD More
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The official poster advertising, in English, the 11th Summer Olympic Games. The poster was created by Franz Wurbel. —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of John Loaring More
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Jewish youth prepare to dig up a potato patch in order to create a handball field for Jewish teams, following the exclusion of Jews from organized sports in Germany. Pictured in the front row, wearing a black tank top, is Gretel Bergmann (now Margaret Lambert). —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Margaret Lambert More
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Gretel Bergmann (now Margaret Lambert) competes in the high jump during a competition in Stuttgart. —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Margaret Lambert More
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Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller, members of the United States track team, train on board the USS Manhattan, on their way to the 11th Summer Olympic Games in Berlin. —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Marty Glickman More
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American Olympic athlete Jesse Owens runs his historic 200 meter race at the 11th Olympiad in Berlin. Owens won the race with a time of 20.7 seconds, establishing a new Olympic record. —Courtesy of Library of Congress More
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American Olympic runner Mack Robinson training at the summer games in Berlin. Robinson, the older brother of American baseball star Jackie Robinson, won the silver in the 200m event, finishing second to Jesse Owens. —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Delano Robinson More
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Olympics promotion poster put out by I.G. Farben, one of the sponsors of the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. The poster depicts Hitler and Hans von Tschammer und Osten surveying the site of eleventh Olympic Games. —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of John Loaring More
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An insert section of the Weser newspaper of Bremen, showing colorful pictures of Olympic decorations in Berlin and Bremen. —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of John Loaring More
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Cover of the special Olympic edition of the "Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung." —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of John Loaring More
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The cover of a League of German Girls publication on girls and sports entitled "The German Girl." —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of John Loaring More
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The cover of a Hitler Youth publication entitled "German Sports Youth." —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of John Loaring More
German citizens saluting Adolf Hitler at the opening of the 11th Olympiad in Berlin. —National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD More
The official poster advertising, in English, the 11th Summer Olympic Games. The poster was created by Franz Wurbel. —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of John Loaring More
Jewish youth prepare to dig up a potato patch in order to create a handball field for Jewish teams, following the exclusion of Jews from organized sports in Germany. Pictured in the front row, wearing a black tank top, is Gretel Bergmann (now Margaret Lambert). —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Margaret Lambert More
Gretel Bergmann (now Margaret Lambert) competes in the high jump during a competition in Stuttgart. —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Margaret Lambert More
Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller, members of the United States track team, train on board the USS Manhattan, on their way to the 11th Summer Olympic Games in Berlin. —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Marty Glickman More
American Olympic athlete Jesse Owens runs his historic 200 meter race at the 11th Olympiad in Berlin. Owens won the race with a time of 20.7 seconds, establishing a new Olympic record. —Courtesy of Library of Congress More
American Olympic runner Mack Robinson training at the summer games in Berlin. Robinson, the older brother of American baseball star Jackie Robinson, won the silver in the 200m event, finishing second to Jesse Owens. —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Delano Robinson More
Olympics promotion poster put out by I.G. Farben, one of the sponsors of the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. The poster depicts Hitler and Hans von Tschammer und Osten surveying the site of eleventh Olympic Games. —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of John Loaring More
An insert section of the Weser newspaper of Bremen, showing colorful pictures of Olympic decorations in Berlin and Bremen. —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of John Loaring More
Cover of the special Olympic edition of the "Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung." —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of John Loaring More
The cover of a League of German Girls publication on girls and sports entitled "The German Girl." —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of John Loaring More
The cover of a Hitler Youth publication entitled "German Sports Youth." —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of John Loaring More
Press Kit
The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936 is a traveling exhibition produced by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Through reproductions of photographs and documents, films, and survivor testimony, it explores how the Nazis exploited the Games to conceal the regime’s racist and militarist character. It also examines the stories of individual athletes caught in the controversies surrounding the competition.
View the current schedule for the traveling exhibition.
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