Fifty years on, Germany asks for forgiveness over 1972 Munich Games attacks
Fuerstenfeldbruck, Germany Reuters Germany’s President asked for forgiveness on Monday for his country’s failure to protect Israeli athletes and team members who were murdered 50 years ago at the 1972 Munich Olympics. “We cannot make right what happened,” Frank-Walter Steinmeier told a gathering including relatives of the dead and Israeli officials during commemorations at the […]
Israeli survivors remember Munich Olympic massacre, 50 years on
Jerusalem, IsraelReuters Ankie Spitzer was 26-years-old when her husband Andre, a coach of the Israeli fencing team, was killed by Palestinian gunmen at the 1972 Munich Olympics, 50 years ago this week, and the memories of that day have dominated her life ever since. The attack on the Israeli team by gunmen associated with the […]