Tag: Munich

• Know Your History: Munich Massacre 1972

  In what has become one of the greatest tragedies in Olympic history, eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team where killed in a terrorist attack by Palestinian extremists. This event, naturally, overshadowed the games as a whole. Israel retaliated with an assassination policy, targeting those it deemed responsible for the murders. This tragic event happened…

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  January 29, 2014

  History & Culture, Know Your History

  1972 Olympics, Israel, Middle East, Munich, Munich massacre, Palestine, Six Days War