Munich memorial

Bavarian policeman keeps job after wishing Holocaust survivor gets sent to camps

The police officer worked as a personal protection officer between 2016 and 2020, at which point he was banned.

Frontex’s Executive Director Hans Leijtens speaks to German and Greek border police during his visit at the border between Bulgaria and Turkey, near Kapitan Andreevo, Bulgaria, February 29, 2024.
 A stone cutter renovates a memorial stone for the 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Olympic Games, at the site of the hostage-taking at the former Olympic Village in Munich, Germany, August 18, 2022

 50th Anniversary of 1972 Munich terror attacks commemorated in Brussels

 President Isaac Herzog in his office at Beit Hanassi.

Germany takes responsibility for failure to protect Israelis in 1972 Munich massacre

Members of Israeli sports organizations form a Guard of Honor in front of command cars bearing the bodies of victims of the Munich massacre during memorial services at Lod Airport

The 1972 Munich Massacre through the athletes competing


Int’l Olympic Committee head to attend Israel’s memorial for Munich massacre victims

The ceremony – slated for September 21 in Tel Aviv – will mark the first time an IOC head has come to Israel since 2010

SCOUTS GUARD torches above the names of the 11 Israeli athletes murdered at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich by terrorists from the Black September movement, at the memorial ceremony in Tel Aviv.

Munich massacre: Israeli victims' families to boycott memorial

The boycott is due to long-standing disputes with German authorities over compensatory damages. The families have largely blamed Germany for its failure to protect the athletes.

Members of Israeli sports organizations form a Guard of Honor in front of command cars bearing the bodies of victims of the Munich massacre during memorial services at Lod Airport

On this day: Remembering the devastation of the Munich Massacre

Soon after the massacre began, a Black September spokesman called for the release 234 Palestinian prisoners and West German-held founders of the Red Army Faction, Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof.

A member of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September appears on the balcony of the Israeli house at the Munich Olympic village on September 5, 1972

Netanyahu visits memorial for Israeli athletes murdered at 1972 Olympics

"There is significance that we are standing at the place where 11 Israeli athletes were murdered just because they were Jewish and Israeli."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara visit a memorial to the Israeli atheletes who were killed at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games

14 Days in December

Trump announced he'd move his embassy to Jerusalem sparking widespread protests in the Arab and Muslim world, and veteran Israeli news man Mickey Gurdus passed away.

After signing, US President Donald Trump holds up the proclamation that the United States recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and will move its embassy there, during an address from the White House in Washington, US, December 6, 2017.

14 Days

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit informed Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on September 8 that he plans to indict her for allegedly using public funds.

Germany's President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Israel's President Reuven Rivlin(C) stand with dignitaries at the Munich Memorials.

Grapevine: True friends

You heard it first through Greer Faye Cashman's grapevine.

President Rivlin with family members of the slain Israeli Olympians

From the Olympic village to global jihad

It was the first time an international event was hijacked by terrorists. It was not the last.

A DEPICTION of the Munich Massacre memorial at Olympic Park in Bavaria to honor of the 11 Israeli athletes, coaches and the German police officer killed in a terrorist attack during the 1972 Games.

President Rivlin inaugurates Munich memorial for slain Israeli Olympians

45 years after the gruesome attacks, Israel's president attends the opening of the memorial dedicated to the lives of those murdered.

Germany's President Frank-Walter Steinmeier greets Israel's President Reuven Rivlin as they attend the opening of "The Munich 1972 Massacre Memorial" dedicated to the 1972 Olympic attack in Munich, Germany September 6, 2017.

Israel, Germany remember victims of attack on 1972 Israeli Olympic team

Members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage on September 5, 1972 by Palestinians from the Black September group at the poorly secured athletes village.

Germany's President Frank-Walter Steinmeier greets Israel's President Reuven Rivlin as they attend the opening of "The Munich 1972 Massacre Memorial" dedicated to the 1972 Olympic attack in Munich, Germany September 6, 2017.

45 years after Munich Olympics attack, memorial set to open

"The [1972] attack was not just against Israel, not just against Jews."

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