"Politics, Race, and Propaganda:
The Nazi Olympics, Berlin 1936"
We are pleased to be sponsors of the upcoming exhibit at the
California African American Museum titled
Politics, Race, and Propaganda: The Nazi Olympics, Berlin 1936. Much of our work focuses on promoting the values of positive sport now and in the future, and we firmly believe understanding history's role in sport today is crucial as we attempt to make progress in the world of sport.
This exhibit
features historic photographs and documents, riveting films, Olympics regalia and promotional materials, along with first-person accounts that tell the stories of athletes who were barred because of their ethnic heritage, those who boycotted the Games in protest, and the African Americans who competed and won a total of fourteen medals, refuting the Nazi myth of "Aryan" supremacy.
The exhibit runs in Los Angeles October 19, 2016 - February 26, 2017, and more information may be found at CAAM's website: www.caamuseum.org.
We thank the California African American Museum for hosting this exhibit, which is produced by the United States Holocaust Museum and presented by the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games.
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Screenings of
Munich '72 and Beyond
For those of you who have not yet had the opportunity to watch our documentary,
Munich '72 and Beyond, this fall and winter we have numerous screenings in Europe and the United States.
We invite you to join us at a screening near you and for a discussion of the film and topic afterwards!
- October 27, 2016 London, United Kingdom - JW3 Community Center
- November 1, 2016 Jerusalem, Israel - The Israel Museum
- November 1, 2016 London, United Kingdom - The University College of London
- November 2, 2016 London, United Kingdom - Finchley United Synagogue in North London
- November 3, 2016 Munich, Germany - Jewish Museum Munich
- November 3, 2016 Denver, Colorado - Denver JAAMM Festival
- November 5, 2016 Ojai, California - Ojai Film Festival
- November 8, 2016 Leipzig, Germany - Cinémathèque Leipzig e.V.
- November 9, 2016 Prague, Czech Republic - Jewish Museum Prague
- November 9, 2016 Seattle, Washington - Stroum Jewish Community Center
- November 9, 2016 Toronto, Canada - Toronto International Short Film Festival
- November 13, 2016 St. Louis International Film Festival
- November 15, 2016 New York City, NY - New York Public Library
- November 16, 2016 New York City, NY - Museum of Jewish Heritage
- November 20, 2016 Calgary, Canada - Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
- November 24, 2016 Tel Aviv, Israel - The Israel Security Institute
- December 6, 2016 Miami Beach, FL - Temple Menorah (Friends of the Israel Defense Forces)
- December 8, 2016 Los Angeles, CA - California Science Center in Partnership with the California African American Museum
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For several years now we have supported the
Olympic Celebration Tour, a program from the
World Curling Federation.
The tour recently made a stop in
Riga, Latvia with
Jamie Korab, the lead of the Canadian curling team which won the gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino. He and
Darrell Ell from WCF visited local schools to teach youth how to curl and invited community members for a Learn to Curl session at the
Latvia Curling Association. A couple of our favorite snapshots from the visit are below.
For those of you in the
Denver area, join in the fun as the tour makes its next stop on October 22nd at the
Denver Curling Club.
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Photo courtesy of Latvia Curling Association |
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Photo Courtesy of Jamie Korab |
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