“The Nazi Olympics” Exhibit Returns to the US Holocaust Museum

The United States Holocaust Museum in Washington DC announced today that “The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936″ exhibition, which originated at the museum, will return beginning April 25 after a 16 city tour. The exhibit details the controversial 1936 Olympics, which were awarded to Germany before Hilter came to power in 1933, but which he Nazi regime used, fairly successfully, as a propaganda tool.

The exhibit features the original torch from the 1936 torch run, a custom that was resurrected for those games and continues today, and the Gold medals won by Jesse Owens (pictured above), John Woodruff, and Ralph Metcalfe. There is also a section devoted to the debate about whether to boycott the 1936 games, a debate that was particularly vocal in the Jewish and African-American communities.

The exhibit runs from April 25 through August 17 in the museum’s Kimmel Gallery. No passes are required for entry into the exhibit and admission is free. The US Holocaust Museum is open 10am – 530pm, seven days a week, with extended hours until 630pm, Monday through Friday through June 17.

United States Holocaust Museum
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW
Washington DC
Tel.: (202) 488-0400

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