At the time, athletes received silver medals for winning first place. The Olympics didn't introduce gold medals until 1904 ...
Nazi Germany turned the 1936 Berlin Olympics into a carefully managed display of strength, unity, and modernity for a global audience. This episode explores how sport, politics, and propaganda ...
8d
The real Holocaust history behind ‘Papillon,’ the Oscar-nominated short about a star Jewish swimmer
The film is based on the extraordinary real life of Alfred Nakache, a Jewish athlete whose story of resilience under Nazi ...
At the opening ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games Milan Cortina 2026, the German team is led by flag bearer Leon Draisaitl on Feb. 6, 2026, in Milan, Italy. (Peter Kneffel / dpa Picture Alliance via ...
Author Neville Fay once wrote, "Trees have a tendency toward immortality." That may be especially true for a 90-year-old oak in Fayette County, a tree whose rings trace back to the five rings of the ...
This week’s Opinion Column argues that the International Olympic Committee could have licensed its 1936 Berlin Olympics poster in an alternative medium to recognise and reframe its historical context.
The IOC received huge backlash. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) put itself in a complex position over a shirt sold on the Olympics’ official online store. The IOC launched its “Heritage ...
Photo credit: Screenshot via WebArchive, Shop.Olympics.com. Design by Jackie Hajdenberg via JTA The governing body for the Olympics is defending its sale of a limited-edition T-shirt commemorating the ...
LIVIGNO, Italy — The International Olympic Committee has quietly removed the link to a T-shirt in its online store commemorating the 1936 Berlin Games that were held in Nazi Germany after a ...
The shirt featured the official poster from the 1936 Berlin Games and was a part of the organization's Heritage Collection Olympic Shop A shirt commemorating the 1936 Berlin Olympics has sparked ...
Team USA won 5-0 over Sweden in the women's hockey semifinals, and will play for gold this Thursday. Eileen Gu won silver in the women's freestyle skiing big air event, making it her fifth medal in as ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results