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IOC Faces Backlash Over Controversial Hitler-era T-Shirt

2/17/2026

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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) faces backlash after selling a T-shirt featuring the 1936 Berlin Olympic poster tied to Adolf Hitler's regime.
The IOC defends it as part of the Heritage Collection, noting 4,483 athletes and Jesse Owens' four gold medals.
Lawmakers and Holocaust remembrance groups are calling for the shirt's removal, urging acknowledgment of the Games' antisemitic history.

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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) faces backlash after selling a T-shirt featuring the 1936 Berlin Olympic poster tied to Adolf Hitler's regime.
The IOC defends it as part of the Heritage Collection, noting 4,483 athletes and Jesse Owens' four gold medals.
Lawmakers and Holocaust remembrance groups are calling for the shirt's removal, urging acknowledgment of the Games' antisemitic history.