There were short-lived boycott efforts in Great Britain, France, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, and the Netherlands. German Socialists and Communists in exile voiced their opposition to the Games through ...

For two weeks in August 1936, Adolf Hitler's Nazi dictatorship camouflaged its racist, militaristic character while hosting the Summer Olympics. Minimizing its antisemitic agenda and plans for ...

Milton Green (left), captain of the Harvard University track team, took first place in the 110-meter high hurdles in regional pre-Olympic trials. His teammate, Norman Cahners, also Jewish, qualified ...

Professional boxing was among the few integrated sports in the United States, and prize-fighter Joe Louis was a hero to American Blacks. On June 19, 1936, after rain postponed the fight a day, the ...

With false French papers, Rose-Helene Spreiregen, age 12, and her grandmother fled German-occupied Paris on an overnight train. “Make believe you are sleeping. I will take care of it,” Rose-Helene ...