The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack on Israeli Olympic team members at the 1972 Summer Games in Munich orchestrated by affiliates of the Palestinian militant group Black September. It occurred amid the specters of the 1936 Olympic Games, hosted by
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The Munich Games were the 17th occurrence of the modern Olympic Games. Munich massacre at the 1972 Olympic Games A Palestinian terrorist appearing on a balcony in the Munich Olympic Village, where members of the Israeli team were being held hostage.(more) Learn about the deadly terrorist attack...
Despite its apolitical ideals, the Olympic Games have historically drawn many a political cause to its global stage. The 1972 Munich Summer Olympics will be most remembered not for its athletic exploits, but for the politically motivated massacre of 11 Israeli team members by the Palestinian terrori...
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An in–depth look at the Munich Massacre 1972, a terrorist attack that cast a dark shadow over the Olympic dream. This was billed as the “carefree games”, the “serene games” and the “peaceful games”. Less than 30 years after the devastation of Europe and the fall of the Third Re...
In the wake of the massacre, Israeli prime minister Golda Meir tells the head of Mossad to kill 11 PLO agents in revenge. When the terrible denouement of the hostage crisis in Munich was broadcast on television screens around the world on the morning of September 6th, 1972, Palestinian refuge...
1972 Summer Olympic Games Filming locations Olympic Stadium, Munich, Bavaria, Germany Production company ABC Sports See more company credits at IMDbPro Technical specs Edit Color Color Sound mix Mono Aspect ratio 1.33 : 1 Contribute to this page ...
5, 1972 b/w file photo, a member of the commando group which seized members of the Israeli Olympic Team at their quarters at the Munich Olympic Village appears with a hood over his face on the balcony of the village building where the commandos held members of the Israeli team hostage. ...
Recently, new information about the Munich Massacre at the 1972 Olympic Games was released by German police as a result of pressure from German investigative reporters. It was reported that the “Black September” terrorists were helped by a Nazi group in Germany to get fake IDs, weapons and ...