The 1936 anti-Nazi People's Olympics: a lesser-known games in Barcelona

Games are also being remembered: the 1936 People’s Olympics, which aimed to be an alternative to the official games organized by Nazi Germany in Berlin. The official poster of the event portrays three men of different skin colors (pink, black and yellow) holding a white flag together. It was designed by a German Jew who fled the country escaping persecution by the Nazis dues to his political ideas. / Alan Ruiz Terol

Alan Ruiz Terol

First published: July 6, 2017 05:07 PM