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A Jewish athlete practices throwing a javelin. Germany, 1933-1938. [LCID: 55539]
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athletes and sports

The 1936 Olympic Games took place in Berlin, Germany, three years after the Nazi rise to power. Much of Nazi Germany’s propaganda and legislation was disguised for the Summer Games in an attempt to hide its racist and antisemitic policies from the rest of the world. Many international athletes that were otherwise marginalized by Nazi ideology, such as Jews and Black people, were able to participate. Explore more content surrounding the experience of athletes during the Holocaust, particularly the 1936 Olympics. 

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Video from the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games showing Jesse Owens winning the 100m sprint in 10.3 seconds
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100-meter race at the Olympic Games in Berlin, 1936
A display advertising the 11th Summer Olympic Games which were held in Berlin, Germany, 1936. [LCID: 21774]
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A display advertising the 11th Summer Olympic Games
Jesse Owens and Dave Albritton, both American athletes competing in the 1936 Olympics, pose with a German citizen
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American athletes Jesse Owens and Dave Albritton
American track and field athlete Archie Williams at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
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Archie Williams at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin
Athletes Jesse Owens of the United States (right) and Lutz Long of Germany at the Olympic stadium. [LCID: 43338]
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Athletes Jesse Owens and Lutz Long
Cigarette card displaying some of the American track and field athletes that competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics
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Cigarette card showing track and field athletes
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Gino Bartali
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Gino Bartali - Maps
American Olympic runner Jesse Owens and other Olympic athletes compete in the twelfth heat of the first trial of the 100m dash. [LCID: 14523a]
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Jesse Owens and other Olympic athletes compete
American Olympic runner Jesse Owens and other Olympic athletes compete in the twelfth heat of the first trial of the 100m dash. [LCID: 14523a]
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Jesse Owens Competes in Olympic Games
Jewish athletes at a sports festival in Grunewald stadium. [LCID: 89732]
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Jewish athletes at a sports festival in Grunewald stadium
Jewish children gathered for a sporting event in a summer camp organized by the Reich Union of Jewish Frontline Soldiers. [LCID: 00948]
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Jewish children at a summer camp
A soccer team of the Jewish sports club, Ha-koach (The Strength). [LCID: 17947]
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Jewish soccer team in Kalisz
John Woodruff describes feelings on winning an Olympic medal as a Black American
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John Woodruff describes winning an Olympic medal
The last of the 3,000 runners who carried the Olympic torch from Greece lights the Olympic Flame in Berlin to start the 11th Summer ... [LCID: 21680]
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Lighting the Olympic flame
Members of the US Olympic team—runners Helen Stephens and Jesse Owens—at the Berlin Olympic Games. [LCID: 73508]
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Members of the US Olympic team

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