Olympia Munich 72: Historical Liveblog – Munich

Historical live blog about the 1972 Olympics:“It was the most beautiful Olympic Games ever destroyed”

Olympics 1972

Finally a rainbow: The 1972 Olympic Games in Munich are over.

(Photo: imago sport photo service)

When the games in Munich end, an artificial rainbow appears in the sky. The ARD commentator speaks a sentence that sticks in the memory. The historical live blog about the 1972 Olympics in the gleanings.

By Barbara Galaktionow and Lisa Sonnabend

50 years ago, Munich was all about the Olympics. The city shows the world a cheerful face – until the attack by Palestinian assassins on the Israeli team of light-heartedness on September 5th put an abrupt end to it. The SZ documents the events surrounding the games between August 25 and September 11, 1972. The texts are based on conversations with contemporary witnesses, literature, documentation, film recordings and the evaluation of numerous newspaper articles from the SZ archive (here is an overview of the contemporary witnesses and sources).

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