September 5th

On this day – 5th of September 1972 – The  Munich Massacre

In 19772 hosted the German city Munich the XX Olympic summer games. In the  second week of hosting, on September 5th, was 11 Israeli Olympic participants taken as hostages by a Palestinian group known as “Black September”. The five hostage-takers had entered the participant’s village during the night, and although several of the Israel weightlifters put up a fight, they did not stand a chance against the AKM rifles. The hostage-takers demanded the liberation of Palestinian prisoners in Israel. Israel refused. Sadly, all 11 hostages, five of their hostage-takers and one German police officer were all killed in the days the hostage situation lasted and the rescue attempt which ended the conflict.

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