Tag: Olympic Games 1972
Munich and the 1972 Olympics: The sport goes on – come what may – Munich
“The Games must go on”: That’s what the then IOC President Avery Brundage said at the funeral service in the Olympic Stadium. When it comes to ignoring crises, world sport…
Olympia Munich 72: Historical Liveblog – Munich
Home Munich Munich history of Munich Historical live blog about the 1972 Olympics:The exuberance is gone, instead there is anxiety Sep 6, 2022 at 1:14 p.m Open detailed view A…
Olympia Munich 72: Historical Liveblog – Munich
Home Munich Munich history of Munich Historical live blog about the 1972 Olympics:“All hostages died” Sep 6, 2022 2:48 am Open detailed view The burned-out helicopter at Fürstenfeldbruck Airport the…
Munich: commemoration of the 1972 Olympic assassination – politics
For fifty years, the survivors of the 1972 Olympic assassination attempt wrestled with Germany. On the runway in Fürstenfeldbruck, the Federal Republic is now asking for what would have been…
On to Mount Avery – Munich
The thirty concrete obstacles in the canal have been cleared of algae and moss, and there is a modern scoreboard in the finish area. There are now floodlights and high-speed…
Munich and Olympia 1972: Memorials against forgetting – Munich
No sooner had the Olympic Stadium quietly emptied that morning, no sooner had the 80,000 participants left the funeral service for the eleven murdered Israelis in a depressed mood, than…
Live: Steinmeier on the 1972 Olympic assassination in Munich: “That shames me” – politics
50 years after the Munich Olympic attack, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier asks the families of the victims for forgiveness – for the lack of protection for the Israeli athletes and…
Olympia Munich 72: Historical Liveblog – Munich
Home Munich Munich history of Munich Historical live blog about the 1972 Olympics:Genscher offers to be an exchange hostage Sep 5, 2022 at 12:32 p.m Open detailed view The seven…
Live: Commemorations for 50 years of the Olympic attack in Munich – politics
Exactly 50 years after the Olympic attack in Munich, the victims will be commemorated with two ceremonies this Monday. Eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team and a German policeman…
Olympia Munich 72: Historical Liveblog – Munich
Home Munich Munich history of Munich Historical live blog about the 1972 Olympics:The news of the kidnapping goes around the world Sep 5, 2022 at 8:02 am Open detailed view…