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Today, we remember the 11 Israeli athletes and coaches brutally murdered by Black September terrorists at the 1972 Munich Olympics. We will never forget them.

Baruch Dayan HaEmet. May their memory forever be a blessing

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DAVID BERGER

DAVID BERGER

24 May 1944 - 6 September 1972

WEIGHTLIFTER / VICTIM MUNICH MASSACRE

            David Berger was an American-Israeli Olympic weightlifter who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, US, and was raised in America. He was an A-grade student who went on to study psychology and then studied to become a lawyer. Whilst studying he did weightlifting training. He immigrated to Israel after taking part in the 1969 Maccabiah Games where he won a Gold medal.

            Berger was one of eleven Israeli Olympians who was taken hostage and killed by the Palestinian group Black September during the Munich massacre at the 1972 Olympics in Germany. On the morning of 5 September 1972, Palestinian terrorists broke into the Olympic village and took Berger and five of his roommates hostage. They also seized six officials in a different apartment as well as wounding wrestling coach Moshe Weinberg. The terrorists went to move the athletes to a different apartment, and Weinberg took on one of the terrorists, which allowed wrestler Gad Tosbari to escape. The terrorists killed Weinberg as a result. The terrorists took all the hostages into the officals apartment. At this time, weightlifter Yossef Romano also attempted to overpower the terrorists, he was killed and Berger was shot in his left shoulder.  

            After negotiations, the terrorists and their terrorists were transferred from the Olympic Village by helicopter to Furstenfeldbruck airbase, Munich, where the terrorists negotiated to be flown to an Arabic country. It didn’t go as planned, and the German guards and Munich police attempted to ambush the terrorists to free the hostages. A gunfight went on for two hours, Berger was with other hostages inside a helicopter, all the hostages were bound and were unable to escape. One of the terrorists went up to the helicopter and fired onto them, three hostages were killed however Berger was still alive and only his legs was wounded. The terrorist then threw a hand grenade inside the helicopter which killed everybody inside. Berger died aged 28, from smoke inhalation. The hostages in the other helicopter were also killed by a different terrorist. President Richard Nixon ordered to have David Berger’s body returned to the United States on a special Air Force jet. He is buried at the Mayfield Cemetery in Cleveland.

            Three terrorists survived and were arrested, they were released a month later in a hostage exchange. This was due to terrorists hijacking Lufthansa Flight 615, who ordered that the terrorists be released and they were returned to a hero's welcome in the Middle East.

#davidberger #weightlifter #munichmassacre

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This Day in History: Sept 5th - Global Events Uncovered #shorts #ytshorts

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#blackseptember #25september #tahirinfo_ #poster

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Black September also known as the Jordanian Civil War, was an armed conflict between Jordan, led by King Hussein & Pak general Zia ul haq and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), led by chairman Yasser Arafat.

Over 3,000 - 5000 Palestinians were killed and some 20,000 displaceds

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On the night of September 4th 1972, fifty years ago today, members of Black September, a Palestinian terror group, scaled the fence of the athletes' compound at the Munich Olympics dressed in tracksuits and took a group of Israeli competitors and coaches hostage in their rooms. Within 48 hours, largely due to the sheer incompetence of German police and security personnel, eleven of them had been murdered. Quite incredibly, a despicable decision was made by then IOC President Avery Brundage to suspend the games for just one day and then continue. We will never forget the 11 innocent Israeli competitors murdered at the Munich Olympics - their memory remains with us, always. Baruch Dayan HaEmet.

Likud UK

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#OTD 9/5/1972 Here is a declassified Top Secret intelligence memorandum on the Israeli Olympic wrestling team hostage situation in Munich, Germany as it was happening.

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Work N2

The violence emerges unexpectedly and faceless out of the predictable order.

Kurt Strumpf

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Memorial to Israelis killed at 1972 Olympics opens in Munich.

https://t.co/GRWEoZN17h

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In 1972, Black September murdered eleven Israeli athletes in the Olympic village in Munich. Today the village still stands and is in use (mostly) as student apartments . Remnants of Olympic venues are still visible from the massacre site. #munich #germany🇩🇪 #olympicvillage #munichmassacre #munichmassacrememorial #munichmassacre1972 #fietravelgrant #jennnang (at Olympic Village, Munich) https://www.instagram.com/p/By4EfLuJJiB/?igshid=qztxczzzyddp

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#pleinairpainting. #oilpainting #connollystr31 #munich #olympicvillage #1972 #balcony where #munichmassacre #terrorism met modern tv media (hier: Connollystraße)

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23 Sept., 2016 - Arrival in Munich

Another early morning got us to Munich by train around noon. We stashed our packs in lockers located at the Munich Hbf and hopped onto the U Bahn (or intra-city/metro line) to Olympicazentrum. Two key things are located at this train stop. 1) the location of the 1972 Olympics and 2) BMW Welt, or BMW World, comprised of BMW HQ, a factory, a museum, and a huge showroom space.

We first went to the BMW Welt showroom and looked at both old, current, and future concepts of cars. Many of the people there were clearly BMW aficionados, but portions of the showroom were also dedicated to Mini and Rolls Royce. The building itself was really modern, made of glass and curving steel (similar in look to portions of the Walt Disney Concert Hall in DTLA). From the windows, you could see the BMW headquarters, which is shaped like a 4-cylinder car engine. 

We grabbed food at the small cafe within the showroom and reviewed basic history and information about Munchen thanks to Rick Steves. Munich, or Munchen in German, means monk. The “city” had been inhabited by monks around 750 AD. Then, in the 1100s, the Duke of Bavaria, Henry the Lion, established a trading center here. It’s key export: salt (from nearby Salzburg).

In 1180, the Wittlesbach family became Munich’s royal family and stayed as such until 1918. In 1810, King Ludwig I married his bride and the city celebrated his wedding for two weeks. They continued celebrating each year on the anniversary of his marriage for the same two weeks. Today, we know this marriage celebration as Oktoberfest (more on that in later posts). 

Once getting a basic history lesson, we left the showroom and snuck onto a tram that gave us a brief tour of the Olympic park from the 1972 Summer Games. Today, the area is a public park, swim stadium, and great place to meet with friends for a picnic. These Olympics were best known for the “Munich Massacre” in which Israeli Olympians were taken hostage and killed by a Palestinian terror group. 

The Olympic complex itself was wonderful; lush, green, modern. It was nice to see that the community still embraces and uses the space unlike so many abandoned Olympic centers around the world. 

After the Olympic Park, we checked into our Airbnb near Partnachplatz on the west side of town, grabbed groceries, cooked dinner, and called it a night.

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Today marks the 51st Anniversary of the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre, in which 11 innocent Israeli athletes and coaches were brutally murdered. We will never forget them. We will also never forget that the leader of a major British political party (with aspirations to become the country's next Prime Minister) flew halfway round the world in 2014 to attend a memorial service at the graveside of their murderers.

Likud Herut UK

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21 HOURS AT MUNICH 1976 Watch it free on YouTube 21 Hours at Munich is a 1976 American historical drama television film directed by William A. Graham and starring William Holden, Shirley Knight, and Franco Nero. The film is based on a true story. The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack carried out during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, by eight members of the Palestinian militant organization Black September, who infiltrated the Olympic Village, killed two members of the Israeli Olympic team, and took nine others hostage.

#21hoursatmunich #munichmassacre

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YAKOV SPRINGER

YAKOV SPRINGER

10 June 1921 - 6 September 1972

MUNICH MASSACRE VICTIM

            Yakov Springer was a Polish-born wrestler and a weightlifting coach and judge. During the Holocaust, Springer was involved in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

            He was murdered with 10 other men who were representing Israel in the 1972 Olympics in Munich, West Germany. The victims were murdered by Palestinian terrorists who took the 11 Israelis as hostages and asked for the release of 236 Palestinian prisoners in Israel and Germany. When the terrorists and hostages arrived at the airport, the German police attacked the terrorists in an attempt to rescue the hostages. It was during this time the terrorists killed the hostages who were bound in a helicopter with guns and grenades.

            The terrorist attack was carried out by Palestinian terrorists who gained entrance in the Olympic Village, when they arrived they killed two Israeli sports men and took nine others as hostages. After the hostages, five terrorists, and one police officer were killed, the three surviving hostages were arrested and released a month later because of a hostage exchange agreement. The terrorists returned to the Middle East and also did a media interview where they showed no remorse to the victims who were killed.  

#yakovspringer #munichmassacre

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AMITZUR SHAPIRA

AMITZUR SHAPIRA

9 July 1932 – 6 September 1972

MUNICH MASSACRE 1972

            Amitzur Shapira was an Israeli sprinter and long jumper in the Israel team at the 1972 Olympic Games, in Munich, Germany. He was the head coach for the Israeli track and field team.

            Shapira was born in Mandatory Palestine and lived in Herzliya. He worked as a teacher and was married with four children.

            Shapira, 40, was killed by Palestinian terrorists in the Munich Massacre. He and ten other members of the Israel Olympic team were taken hostage. Two was killed initially and the other nine victims, including Shapira were killed at the airbase during an unsuccessful rescue attempt by Munich police. Shapira was buried in Kiryat Shaul Cemetery, Tel Aviv.

            Shapira’s grandson is a well-known German artist and comedian Shahak Shapira. Shapira was born in Israel and immigrated to Germany in 2002 with his mother and brother.

#amitzurshapira #shahakshapira #1972olympicgames #munichmassacre

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ELIEZER HALFIN

ELIEZER HALFIN

18 June 1948 - 6 September 1972

MUNICH MASSACRE

            Eliezer Halfin was a Latvian-born athlete who was a member of the Israeli Olympic team in the 1972 Olympics held in Munich, Germany.

            He was born in Riga, Latvia and moved to Israel in 1969 and became a citizen seven months before his death. He worked as a mechanic and was a lightweight wrestler. He had succeeded in winning numerous competitions in wrestling. Participating in the Olympic Games was his goal.

            Halfin was taken hostage with ten other athletes as well as their coaches. He was later murdered by the Palestinian terrorists on 5 September 1972. Five terrorists and one German police officer was also killed. Halfin died after being shot by one of the perpetrators.

            The Munich massacre was an Islamic terrorist attack carried out by eight members of a Palestinian organization, who was able to get inside the Olympic village. The perpetrators demanded the release of 234 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons. They killed numerous victims before they made their demands. Police ambushed the perpetrators and only three survived, after their arrest they were released a month later. Two days before the Olympics were to start; the Olympic Committee honoured the eleven Israelis and the one German who were killed.

            Halfin is buried in Kiryat Shaul Cemetery in Tel Aviv.

#eliezerhalfin #munichmassacre