Echoes & Reflections | Games of the XI Summer Olympiad: The Nazi Olympic Games

Echoes & Reflections webinars are designed to increase participants’ knowledge of Holocaust history, explore and access classroom-ready content, and support instructional practice to promote student learning and understanding of this complex history and its lasting effect on the world.

The August 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, were held in a world on the brink of war. Germany's role in hosting both winter and summer games just before the outbreak of World War II offered the international community a unique look into a fascist society where Jewish freedom and safety were increasingly at risk.

Join Todd Hennessy, Echoes & Reflections facilitator and educator, for a detailed look into the Summer Olympic games, the role the Games played in Germany and abroad, a brief glimpse into the events of the XI Summer Olympiad, and the experiences of Jewish athletes.

This is part two of a two-part series on Nazi Germany and the Olympics.

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