Jewish Communities Mark 51 Years to the Munich Olympic Massacre

epa10161753 Pictures of the victims on a screen during a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Munich Summer Olympics massacre, in Fuerstenfeldbruck, Germany, 05 September 2022. Fifty years ago, on 05 September 1972, Palestinian terrorists had carried out an attack on the Summer Olympics in Munich. Eleven members of the Israeli team and one policeman died in the Olympic Village. EPA/RONALD WITTEK Source: EPA / RONALD WITTEK/EPA

The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack carried out during the 1972 summer Olympics in west Germany by eight members of the Palestinian militant organisation Black September, who infiltrated the Olympic Village, killed two members of the Israeli Olympic team, and took nine others hostage.

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Published 11 September 2023 12:46pm

By Amit Rehak

Presented by Eitan Drori

Source: SBS

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The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack carried out during the 1972 summer Olympics in west Germany by eight members of the Palestinian militant organisation Black September, who infiltrated the Olympic Village, killed two members of the Israeli Olympic team, and took nine others hostage.

Eitan Drori tells us about some of the events that occur during the Munich Olympics games, as well as operation "Wrath of God", a covert operation directed by Mossad to assassinate individuals they accused of being involved in the 1972 Munich massacre.