Tag: Olympic assassination in Munich
Attack on the Olympics in 1972. “Where are your weapons, your passports?” – Munich
An international research team working on the assassination attempt in Munich in 1972 has started its work. Many questions are unanswered, some evidence cannot be found. The search begins. More…
Incriminated street names: Can Brundageplatz keep its name? – Munich
Brundage Square isn’t pretty, a wide concrete expanse with a few trees, but it’s significant and busy. For many visitors, it is the gateway to the Munich Olympic Park. If…
Commemoration of the 7th anniversary of the assassination at the Olympia shopping center – Munich
Seven years ago, on July 22, nine people fell victim to a racist attack at the Olympia shopping center (OEZ). On Saturday afternoon, the relatives and the city of Munich…
Olympia 1972: final report on the anniversary year in Munich – Munich
The culture department had received a budget of 2.9 million euros from the city for the design of the 50th anniversary year of the Olympic Games in 1972 – with…
Olympic assassination: The historian Michael Brenner should clarify – Munich
Michael Brenner is one of the few world-class German historians. Now he was appointed to a commission to look through files on the 1972 Olympics and to answer the question:…
Fürstenfeldbruck: Tower at the air base becomes a digital memorial – Bavaria
It looks small, the brown-beige airport building. The glazed structures and huge antennas that once identified it as a tower have long since been removed. But the big “C” on…
Ludwig Spaenle finds fulfillment as anti-Semitism commissioner – Bavaria
He was super minister for culture and science until Prime Minister Markus Söder surprisingly catapulted him out of office. Spaenle’s political career seemed to be over. But now the man…
Munich: Balance sheet of the memorial project for the Olympic attack – Munich
It’s not a monument to Moshe Weinberg that stands there on the first floor of the Jewish Museum, at least not a classic one. But it is a moving place…
Munich: Participant sees “new phase” of anti-Semitism – Munich
The prospects that psychologist Louis Levitan opened up on Tuesday evening are not pretty. “I see totalitarian tendencies emerging here,” said the Franco-German, who grew up in Munich and is…
Residenztheater Munich: Kushner’s “Angels in America” and Olympic documentary – culture
What else can one expect from a documentary theater evening about the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich? In the past few weeks, TV documentaries and long series of articles in…