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A memorial to the Munich massacre, when 11 Israeli athletes and coaches were killed at the Olympic Games by the Palestinian terrorist organization known as Black September, has been opened in Germany exactly 45 years after the attack. You can share this story on social media:. Follow RT on. Media News. Top stories. Unvaccinated father stripped of visiting rights by judge.

How Russia is dividing Germany Op-ed. As a teenager I was very much into track and tennis. But, this tragedy along with the Vietnam War reinforced my understanding that there is great evil in the world. All for the Hatred of Jews. I remember this. And how upset Germany was — trying to show how it had entered the post-war world of civilized countries, only to be thwarted by muzzie thugs.

I knew two of them personally. Yaakov Springer was my high school gym teacher. Amitzur Shapira was my next door neighbor when I was in pre-school, and I used to play with his children. Good to know some people still remember. They wear masks to hide their identity but the Mosad found them and murdered them, one at a time.

Fall of I was a freshman student athlete at a small liberal arts college. I went to school with a member of the Kuwaiti royal family. One of my teammates was Jewish. At the time, I could never understand the ingrained hatred of the Jews by my fellow student from the Middle East. And I could not understand the murder of athletes, who are often some of the most apolitical human beings on earth.

September — The Munich Massacre. Posted by William A. Jacobson Friday, September 4, at am 11 Comments. More Sharing Options. During the Summer Olympics at Munich, in the early morning of September 5, a group of Palestinian terrorists storms the Olympic Village apartment of the Israeli athletes, killing two and taking nine others hostage.

The terrorists were part of a group known as Black September, in return for the release of the hostages, they demanded that Israel release over Arab prisoners being held in Israeli jails and two German terrorists. In an ensuing shootout at the Munich airport, the nine Israeli hostages were killed along with five terrorists and one West German policeman.

Olympic competition was suspended for 24 hours to hold memorial services for the slain athletes. The Munich Olympics opened on August 26, , with events and 7, athletes representing countries. On the morning of September 5, Palestinian terrorists in ski masks ambushed the Israeli team. After negotiations to free the nine Israelis broke down, the terrorists took the hostages to the Munich airport.

Once there, German police opened fire from rooftops and killed three of the terrorists. A gun battle erupted and left the hostages, two more Palestinians and a policeman dead.

The Stephen Spielberg movie Munich was based on these events. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! On the sunny morning of September 5, , in the Washington, D.