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Voices on Genocide Prevention Podcast

A bi-weekly audio series and podcast service, hosted by Committee on Conscience Project Director Bridget Conley-Zilkic, that brings you the voices of human rights defenders, experts, advocates, and government officials. Vital voices addressing one of humanity's most vital issues. The opinions expressed in these interviews do not necessarily represent those of the Museum.


The Nazi Olympics
February 8, 2007

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum historian Susan Bachrach discusses the boycott debate that took place when Nazi Germany was slated to host the Olympic Games in 1936. Amid protests by athletes and others, Germany convinced the world that it was fit to hold the Olympics, and as Susan explains, used the Games to boost its image in the international community.

Tags: History and Concept, Holocaust, Human Rights, Responses, Sudan


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