The history of football is intimately linked to the history of the society in which it was played. What does this history mean for us today? How should we look back on football in Germany? The exhibition “Sports. Crowds. Power. Football under the Nazis” is the result of a collaboration between what matters gGmbH and the Berlin Sports Museum. It explores the meaning of sports during the Nazi era and how the Nazis attempted to use football to underscore their power. It also looks at football matches in concentration camps and commemorates Jewish and non-Jewish athletes who were persecuted by the Nazis. And always it asks the question of how the power of football can bring people together or lead to marginalization—then and now.
