1936 Berlin Olympics

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) has created a traveling exhibition titled The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936 with additional film resources. 

• The Nazi Olympics: African-American Athletes (Part 1)

• The Nazi Olympics: African-American Athletes (Part 2)

• The Nazi Olympics: Jewish Athletes (Part 1)

• The Nazi Olympics: Jewish Athletes (Part 2)

• Olympic Games in Berlin

• Opening of 1936 Summer Olympic Games

To learn more about the 1936 Berlin Olympics, check out these materials:

• Large, David Clay. "The Games the Nazis Played." New York Times, 9 Aug. 2011, p. A23(L).  

• Nazi Olympics : Berlin 1936 by Bachrach, Susan D (book available at LHS Library)

• "Nazi Olympics Tangled Politics and Sport." Weekend All Things Considered, 7 June 2008.  

• Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive 

• USHMM. "December 9, 1935 Amateur Athletic Union Says “Yes” to Berlin Olympics." History Unfolded (contemporary newspaper accounts)

• USHMM. "Teacher Guide to Nazi Olympics."

• USHMM. “The Nazi Olympics Berlin 1936: African American Voices and ‘Jim Crow’ America.” Holocaust Encyclopedia.