Defying the Regime: The Athletes Who Stood Up to Nazi Propaganda

Defying the Regime: The Athletes Who Stood Up to Nazi Propaganda

From The Breakfast Podcast by Patricia López Muñoz

June 6, 2026 · 1 min

About this episode

This episode explores how athletes resisted Nazi propaganda during the regime's use of sport to promote Aryan superiority.

During the Nazi era, sport was used by the regime as a propaganda tool to demonstrate the supposed "Aryan superiority."

People in this episode

Host: Patricia López Muñoz

Topics covered

  • Nazi propaganda
  • athletes
  • sport
  • Aryan superiority
  • resistance
  • history

Keywords

  • Nazi era
  • propaganda
  • athletes
  • sport
  • Aryan superiority
  • resistance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nazi

Books & works: Aryan superiority

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