Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Mon, 27 Jul 2026 23:52:19 +0200The Jewish Czechoslovak athlete who insisted on competing in “Nazi Olympics”https://english.radio.cz/jewish-czechoslovak-athlete-who-insisted-competing-nazi-olympics-8759948© 2026 Radio Prague International Jewish athlete Kurt Epstein played on the Czechoslovak water polo team and represented the country at two Olympic Games, including the 1936 “Nazi Olympics” in Berlin. Epstein is the subject of a new exhibition set to open at the Terezín Ghetto Museum next week. It has been put together by his daughter Helen Epstein, who previously wrote a book about him entitled A Jewish Athlete: Swimming Against Stereotype in 20th Century Europe. The author spoke to me from her home in the US. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/660bb2707f00dd16ff3bee0fe33ca108.jpg?timestamp=1661771981 The Jewish Czechoslovak athlete who insisted on competing in “Nazi Olympics” https://english.radio.cz/jewish-czechoslovak-athlete-who-insisted-competing-nazi-olympics-8759948 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9