It highlights the playing of soccer in Nazi concentration camps and draws attention to Jewish athletes who faced antisemitism and persecution.
An exhibition that opened at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, this week spotlights how the Nazis during World War II used sports, especially soccer, to spread their hateful ideology, underscore their power, and persecute Jewish athletes.
The exhibit, titled “Sports. Crowds. Power. Football under the Nazis,” opened on Monday at the Palais des Nations.
It was created by the German non-profit What Matters and the Berlin Sports Museum, which hosted the exhibit last year from May 24-Aug. 15, and presented in cooperation with the World Jewish Congress.