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German sports imagery in the 1930s promoted the myth of "Aryan" racial superiority and physical power. Artists idealized athletes' well-developed muscle tone and heroic strength and accentuated so-called Aryan facial features -- blue eyes and blond hair. Such imagery also reflected the importance the Nazi regime placed on physical fitness.
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 The September 1936 issue of the Nazi anthropological and genetics journal Volk und Rasse (Folk and Race) links race, physical strength, and Olympic competition. —USHMM #14935/Courtesy of Leo Baeck Institute
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This poster announces a regional Nazi Party festival of physical fitness in Leipzig. July 1935. —USHMM #21748/Library of Congress, Washington, DC
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The Museum’s exhibitions are supported by the Lester Robbins and Sheila Johnson Robbins Traveling and Special Exhibitions Fund, established in 1990.
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