MUNICH MASSACRE BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1972

Israeli victims of 1972 ‘Munich Massacre’ remembered with Olympic memorial in Germany

During the 1972 Summer Olympics at Munich, in the early
morning of September 5, a group of
Palestinian terrorists
stormed the Olympic Village apartment of the Israeli athletes
,
killing two and taking nine others hostage.

The terrorists were part of a group known as Black September,
in return for the release of the hostages, they demanded that
Israel release over 230 Arab prisoners being held in Israeli jails
and two German terrorists.

In an ensuing shootout at the Munich airport, the nine Israeli
hostages were killed along with five terrorists and one West
German policeman. Olympic competition was suspended for
24 hours to hold memorial services for the slain athletes.

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Black September terrorist looks from the balcony of an apartment where Israeli Olympic team members are held hostage.

With terrorists holed up in the Israeli athletes' quarters, swarms of German policemen, in uniform and plain clothes, move in and seal off the area, Munich, September 1972.
With terrorists holed up in the Israeli athletes’ quarters,
swarms of German policemen, in uniform and plain
clothes, move in and seal off the area.

A German policeman leans against a wall outside an apartment where Israeli hostages are held, Munich, September 1972.
A German policeman leans against a wall outside the
apartment.

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