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Related: About this forumThe massacre at the Munich Olympic Games was 45 years ago Sep 5th-6th.
May their memory be a blessing and Hashem Yikom Damam.
While it seems so long ago, we must never forget.
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The massacre at the Munich Olympic Games was 45 years ago Sep 5th-6th. (Original Post)
EllieBC
Sep 2017
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braddy
(3,585 posts)1. That was a real world changer, in Germany it led to the creation of GSG 9.
EllieBC
(3,041 posts)2. Would they be like a federal SWAT team?
The local PD were out of their element trying to negotiate or rescue hostages from terrorists.
braddy
(3,585 posts)3. Here is a wiki link on GSG 9
murielm99
(30,761 posts)4. I will never forget that.
Behind the Aegis
(53,986 posts)5. It was a horror.
What is disgusting is how it is forgotten, excused, or otherwise ignored.
NBachers
(17,136 posts)6. I haven't forgotten - I never will.
raven mad
(4,940 posts)7. The year I graduated high school,
almost was on a plane that got hijacked, and moved 5000 miles from home.
Yet this is the event I remember most. I can still see the photos in the magazines, hear the news reports, etc.
Lostnote
(75 posts)8. As a military brat living in Germany at the time my parents cancelled my Olympic trip....
35 yrs later while visiting my sweeties barber shop I met one of the participants (PLO) in the attack... He was held in a German prison for a very long time... His family had relocated to my home town....
Behind the Aegis
(53,986 posts)9. They have FINALLY opened a memorial.
After 45 years, there is now a memorial in Munich.
Rustyeye77
(2,736 posts)10. Never Again.