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The 1936 Olympic Games, In collaboration with the United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum

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Learn more about the Berlin 1936 Olympic Games at a time when Nazi fascism was on the rise. After a screening of the recorded conversation, "Nazi Olympics: How Black and Jewish Athletes Challenged the "Master Race" produced by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum will display artifacts from the 1936 Olympic Games and answer questions. Recommended for ages 16+. This program is being offered as a part of the Americans and the Holocaust Traveling Exhibit.

Americans and the Holocaust Exhibit