Tag: Olympic Games 1972
Olympia 1972: The wound of September 5th
Many questions are still unanswered, many files are closed: after half a century, the Olympic assassination is still awaiting investigation. Now she is finally in sight. source site
Olympic assassination: Steinmeier and Herzog appreciate agreement – politics
Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Israeli President Isaac Herzog acknowledged the agreement on compensation for the survivors of the attack on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games. “It is…
50 years of the Olympic assassination: a record full of shame – opinion
At midnight on September 5, 1972, the Israeli hostages died in Fürstenfeldbruck, and the games continued at 4:30 p.m. They wanted to be cheerful, they became soulless. comment by Holger…
Munich 1972: Why little is left of the Golden Sunday – Munich
Only forty meters to the finish. And it is precisely there, it seems, that the runner perceives a touch of fear creeping into the roaring applause of the 80,000 spectators.…
Dachau: Memorial service for Israeli victims of the Olympia attack – Dachau
A service at the Dachau concentration camp memorial site is intended to commemorate the eleven Israeli victims of the 1972 Olympic attack. The service to mark the 50th anniversary of…
Gerhart Baum: the conflict solver – opinion
In the course of his 89-year life, Gerhart Rudolf Baum has gained a lot of experience in dealing with crises, conflicts and catastrophes. Not only as Federal Minister of the…
Sky documentary about the assassination in Munich in 1972: Prisoners of a tragedy – media
It’s not easy to stay visible in the jungle of documentaries, books and podcasts on the subject of “Munich 1972”. At Sky Documentaries they try a docudrama, “1972 – Munich’s…
Olympia 1972: Participants remember demonstration competitions – Munich
It’s 6 a.m. when Hagen Klie’s Olympic career, which strictly speaking isn’t one at all, begins and ends a little later. Waterskiing was included in the Olympics for the first…
Munich 1972: Gold denied for the first time due to doping allegations – Munich
What makes Rick DeMont’s ears glow are the stories of the college boys. For example, when Mark Spitz, the superstar on the US swimming team, brags about his womanizing. DeMont…
SZ Podcast: When the 1972 Olympic Games became a disaster – Munich
In Munich, 1972, Germany wanted to show itself to be cosmopolitan, colourful, cheerful. The Summer Olympics were supposed to be cheerful, very different from Hitler’s games in 1936. And at…