#nazi-propaganda

#nazi-propaganda

The shirt shows a man wearing a laurel wreath, the quadriga chariot drawn by four horses atop the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin and core details like the dates and location of the Summer Games in the capital. It's part of a collection of shirts for each of the modern-era Games, but, nonetheless, references probably the most politically contentious ones. There are no references to Hitler's government or its symbols and iconography on the shirt.

On Saturday, the Labor Department wrote on social media: "One Homeland. One People. One Heritage. Remember who you are, American." Accompanying the text was a short video showing what appears to be a statue of President George Washington overlaid on a series of war-themed historic American paintings and propaganda posters.

Hitler did indeed attach great importance to art. You can see this even well into the ravages of war, when he was still personally selecting the color of mosaic tiles for large construction sites.