Munich

May 1, 2023, 6:57 am

Germany sets up Munich Olympics panel of historians

Some Israeli athletes managed to escape but nine were seized. The captors demanded the release of more than 200 Palestinians held by Israel and two German left-wing extremists

Portraits of the victims are displayed at the end of a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre.
Photo: Thomas Kienzle/AFP

September 8, 2022, 9:04 am

Germany asks forgiveness from bereaved relatives

'I ask your forgiveness for the inadequate protection afforded to the Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games at Munich and the woeful investigation afterward. That it was possible for what happened to happen.'

Israeli Olympic race walker Shaul Ladany poses for a photo at the entrance of the Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen. Photo: AP Photo/Markus Schreiber

September 5, 2022, 10:50 am

Survivor of Holocaust and Munich Olympic attack visits Germany for memorial event

Shaul Ladany was able to escape before Palestinian terror group captured him in 1972 massacre; shows family where he was previously held at Bergen-Belsen camp.

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER

One of the defining images of the Munich Olympics in 1972: a member of the group that had taken the Israelis hostage seen on the apartment balcony in a face mask. Photo: Russell Mcphedran/The Sydney Morning Herald/Fairfax Media via Getty Images

September 5, 2022, 10:41 am

50 years since Munich

How the 1972 Munich Massacre unfolded, through the eyes of US athletes in the Olympic village.

By Jon Marks

A flower wreath with the Israeli flag is seen at the memorial site 'Erinnerungsort Olympia-Attentat' (Place of remembrance of the Olympic attack).

August 25, 2022, 9:23 am

Israeli athletes’ visit to Munich memorial

German guard detained for Hitler salute

By AFP and TOI Staff

From left: Israeli marathon team members Marhu Teferi, Gashau Ayale, Omer Ramon, Yimer Getahun and Girmaw Amare with their gold medals in Munich on August 15. Photo: Ina Fassbender/AFP

August 19, 2022, 2:02 pm

Tears shed as Israelis win in Munich

By Times of Israel

August 5, 2016, 7:14 am

Olympics finally honours Munich ’72 victims

After 44 years, the memory of the 11 Israeli victims of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre was finally commemorated on Wednesday in an official ceremony.

July 26, 2012, 10:09 am

Munich memorial prayer unites community

THE Israeli athletes murdered by Black September terrorists during the Munich 1972 Games will be remembered in shuls across Australia this Shabbat. And in a rare show of unity, a prayer specially written for the anniversary by a leading Orthodox rabbi will also be used by Progressive synagogues.

July 23, 2012, 9:58 am

B’nai B’rith’s silent tribute to Munich 11

ALMOST 100 people, including past Jewish sporting greats, gathered at a community centre in Highett last Sunday to hold a minute’s silence for 11 slain Israeli athletes on the 40th anniversary of their murders at the 1972 Munich Olympics – a memorial the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has so far refused to consider for this month’s London Games.

By Peter Kohn

July 12, 2012, 9:49 am

Courage to continue

July 9, 2012, 11:56 am

B’nai B’rith to honour Munich 11

FORTY years after they were murdered at the Munich Olympics, 11 Israeli athletes will be honoured by B’nai B’rith, 12 days before the start of the London Games.

By Peter Kohn

June 28, 2012, 10:12 am

Parliament rises for Munich

THE House of Representatives rose in unison on Tuesday in support of a motion calling on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to observe a minute of silence at the London Games for the 11 Israeli victims of the Munich massacre. The move comes less than a month after an open letter from The AJN beseeching the IOC to hold a memorial at the 2012 Games attracted a raft of high-profile signatories, including Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Leader of the Opposition Tony Abbott...

By adam kamien

June 18, 2012, 11:00 am

Campaign prompts Olympic-sized response

HUNDREDS of AJN readers have put pen to paper urging the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to hold a minute’s silence at the opening ceremony of this year’s Games to commemorate the 11 Israeli athletes murdered at the Munich Games in 1972.

May 31, 2012, 4:00 am

It’s time to remember the victims

In September 1972, 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team were murdered by terrorists during the Olympic Games in Munich.

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