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This Olympic section is
dedicated to the eleven Israelis murdered at the
Munich Olympics. In the early morning of September 5, 1972, eight
Palestinian terrorists entered the Olympic compound, shot and killed
two Israelis, and took nine others hostage. They demanded the
release of over 200 imprisoned Palestinians and two German terrorists.
After unsuccessful negotiations, all the hostages were killed.
That this would occur in Germany is a bitter irony; that it would happen
anywhere is a sad commentary on how far the human race has yet to go to
even approach the long-held dream of cultural and religious tolerance. We
remember these athletes; we salute them; we honor them.
David Berger, 26, weightlifter
Ze'ev Friedman, 28, weightlifter
Yosef Gutfreund, 41, wrestling referee
Eliezer Halfin, 28, wrestler
Joseph Romano, 32, weightlifter
Kehat Schorr, 53, marksmanship coach
Amitzur Shapira, 32, athletics coach
Mark Slavin, 18, wrestler
Andre Spitzer, 45, fencing coach
Yaacov Springer, 51, weightlifting instructor
Moshe Weinberg, 33, wrestling coach
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