The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936

The H.J. Lutcher Stark Center in the College of Education and the Texas Program in Sports and Media in the Moody College of Communication are jointly presenting this special museum exhibition created by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, in Washington, D.C.

 The Nazi Olympics is a thought provoking visual and multi-media experience exploring the history and impact of  the most controversial of all Olympic Games and it will be on the UT campus  through January 29, 2016. The exhibit is open from 9-5 on weekdays and 11-5 on Saturday and Sunday at the Stark Center in the North End Zone of the football stadium. 

Admission for the exhibition is free thanks to gifts from: Kenneth Goldberg, Sandy Gottesman and Kirk Rudy. Media sponsors include Austin American Statesman, KVUE, and KUT 90.1.

The Nazi Olympics documents the treatment of Jews in Germany prior to the Games, how Hitler and the Nazis utilized this celebration of sport as propaganda for their regime, and how other countries, including America, responded.  The Nazi Olympics  demonstrates powerfully the close connections between sport and politics and how the Olympic Games’ are much more than “simply sport.”

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibitions program is supported in part by the Lester Robbins and Sheila Johnson Robbins Traveling and Special Exhibition Fund established in 1990. The traveling exhibitions are also supported by Dr. and Mrs. Sol Center.

For groups of 10 visitors or more, please contact us at least one day ahead of your visit by calling 512-471-0995 or emailing us at info@starkcenter.org.