IOC Criticized Over Sold-Out 1936 Berlin Olympics T-Shirts From ‘Heritage Collection’

Overview

• The official Olympic shop lists the Berlin 1936 poster T-shirt as sold out after a limited run within the IOC’s Heritage Collection.
• An IOC spokesperson says the line marks 130 years of Olympic art with context at the Olympic Museum and highlights athletes such as Jesse Owens.
• German politicians and Jewish and Holocaust remembrance groups denounce the merchandise and call for removal or clearer explanation.
• Reports note the Berlin design shows no swastikas, while another shirt using the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen poster by Ludwig Hohlwein also sold out.
• Coverage during the Milan-Cortina Winter Games has amplified the dispute, with no announced change to the IOC’s Heritage Collection policy.