The International Olympic Committee is under fire for selling T-shirts commemorating the 1936 Berlin Games through its Heritage Collection. The garment, featuring the original Olympic poster, was listed as "out of stock" on the Olympic Shop website. The merchandise has drawn sharp criticism from Holocaust historians and Jewish organizations who say it inappropriately glorifies Nazi propaganda.

Adolf Hitler used the 1936 Games as a platform to showcase Nazi ideology, promoting racial superiority while preventing German-Jewish athletes from competing. Despite this context, the IOC defended the T-shirt as part of celebrating "130 years of Olympic art and design." The organization noted that Jesse Owens' historic four gold medals at those Games demonstrated athletic achievement amid the political backdrop.

Holocaust experts argue that the aesthetic appeal of the Games cannot be separated from their historical context. The Wiener Holocaust Library's Christine Schmidt emphasized that the Nazis used the event to legitimize their regime while persecution of Jews was already underway. The controversy highlights ongoing tensions between preserving Olympic history and acknowledging its darker chapters, particularly as the world prepares to mark 90 years since the Berlin Games.