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Voices on Genocide Prevention Podcast Series

Listen as human rights defenders, leading experts, advocates, and government officials address one of the most pressing issues of our time.

Please note that 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.

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

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