STORY: Fifty years ago, on September 5, 1972, a Palestinian terrorist squad entered the Olympic Village in Munich and killed eleven Israelis within 24 hours. A German policeman and five Palestinians were also killed. There are now celebrations to commemorate the victims, but the families of the relatives do not want to come. So does Ankie Spitzer. As long as the question of compensation is unresolved, she does not want to come to Bavaria. “After 50 years of lying, humiliating, abusing us. When you finally take responsibility, you say, ok, we made all the mistakes possible. We handled the whole situation wrong. We got you 50 Duped for years. Here is the compensation you will get. I don’t want a few euros thrown at me. We won’t accept that. We won’t go to the memorial service until Germany really takes responsibility, right only with words.” Her husband, the fencer Andrei Spitzer, also died here in the Olympic Village. The families consider payments already made to be too low. The German side only wanted to avoid an admission of guilt, Spitzer told the German media. “After the murder of our loved ones, I was in the room and I will never forget standing there. I was only 26 years old then, 50 years ago, and I looked around and I saw the total chaos in this room. Everywhere Blood, on the ceiling. They were shot there and tortured, they weren’t allowed to go to the bathroom. It was such a total disaster. I thought: This is where my peace-loving husband spent the last hours of his life. If that’s what people do do to each other during these games of peace, brotherhood and friendship, then I have to talk about it and never about it again, so that it never happens again.” Spitzer is the spokeswoman for the affected families. According to her, the families are demanding an apology and the opening of all archives to learn more about the details of the assassination and how it was dealt with. “We want compensation, which is not a gesture, because they have been talking all along without ever taking responsibility. But now that you are taking responsibility, you have to pay compensation. At least I am 76 years old today, I need it nothing more. But we have 40 orphans who have lived their whole lives in the shadow of the terrible Olympic Games in Munich.” In addition to a total of ten million euros, the latest offer from the federal government also envisages the opening of the archives and a comprehensive historical review. The relatives recently demanded ten million euros per family. They lead international standards. A spokesman for the Interior Ministry said the government has intensified its work to commemorate the victims and the deep human and political dimensions of the attack as the 50th anniversary of the attack approaches. The government would like families to participate. So far, the equivalent of 1.5 million euros had flowed to the eleven families in 1972 and three million euros in 2002. The families stated that a not inconsiderable part of the money had to be invested in court and legal fees.