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Tributes Paid To Jewish Woman Who Lived In Same Building As Hitler

The centenarian's family lived on Prinzregentplatz in Munich–just doors away from the future Führer.

Zenger

50 years to agree Olympic attack compensation 'shameful': German president

Berlin (AFP) - Germany's President Frank-Walter Steinmeier admitted on Sunday it was "shameful" that it took five decades for Berlin to agree compensation for the bereaved families of Israeli victims in the 1972 Munich Olympics attack.

AFP

Israeli survivors remember Munich Olympic massacre, 50 years on

Ankie Spitzer was 26 years old when her husband Andre, a coach of the Israeli fencing team, was killed by Palestinian gunmen at the 1972 Munich Olympics, 50 years ago this week, and the memories of that day have dominated her life ever since.

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50 years ago, the Munich Olympics massacre changed how we think about terrorism

Gunmen held members of the Israeli team hostage, eventually killing them, during the 1972 Munich Olympics. The attack was the first time a global audience had witnessed terrorism as it happened.

WEKU

Israel’s Herzog Travels to Germany for 1972 Olympics Memorial

Israeli President Isaac Herzog departed Sunday for Germany, where he will attend a memorial for 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian militants at the 1972 Munich Olympics. "I am leaving this morning on a state visit to Germany, at the invitation of the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier," Herzog said…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Survivor of Holocaust, Munich attack heads back to Germany

Shaul Ladany survived a Nazi concentration camp and narrowly escaped the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich

The Independent UK

Athlete who survived Holocaust and Munich terror attack hopes for peace in Middle East

Shaul Ladany survived the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp where 50,000 died and then in 1972 he survived the Palestinian terror attack that killed 11 of his teammates

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Munich Olympic terror attacks 50 years ago left 'scar in my psyche', former swimmer says

Shlomit Nir, an Israeli former Olympic swimmer, was left terrified by the Munich Olympic terror attacks. She told the Mirror she suffered nightmares and still fears parking her car underneath her building

Daily Mirror

‘I am not afraid to die’: Munich survivor, 86, recalls terror attack at 1972 Olympics

Eleven members of the Israeli Olympic delegation were massacred half a century ago.

The Independent UK

‘They’re all gone’: 50 years later, the pain from Munich massacre lingers

The Munich massacre was an attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, by eight members of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September, who took nine members of the Israeli Olympic team hostage, after killing two more

The Hindu

Oktoberfest 2022 in Munich and London: dates, outfit, costume ideas and more

Everything you need to know about Oktoberfest

Evening Standard

Germany agrees to $28 million in compensation for families of Munich Olympics victims

Germany and the families of Israeli athletes murdered at the 1972 Munich Olympics have agreed on a compensation offer totalling 28 million euros ($28 million), said an interior ministry spokesperson on Friday.

Reuters

'Memories of war' returned, witness of 1972 Olympics attack recounts

Rostock (Germany) (AFP) - Klaus Langhoff experienced World War II as a child and found memories of the carnage flooding back when he went to Munich in 1972 as a handballer captaining East Germany at the Olympics.

AFP

'Wrath of God': Israel's response to 1972 Munich massacre

Jerusalem (AFP) - The killing of 11 Israelis at the 1972 Munich Olympics prompted Israel to turn to a strategy which endures to this day: deploying secret operatives abroad to assassinate its enemies.

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Munich's Olympic village not 'haunted' 50 years after attack

Munich (Germany) (AFP) - Connollystrasse 31 may be seared in most people's memories as the address where Palestinian gunmen took Israeli athletes hostage during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.But for Mechthild Foerster, it is her home.

AFP

Germany, Israel mark 50 years since Munich Olympics massacre

Munich (Germany) (AFP) - Israel and Germany's presidents will jointly commemorate the 1972 Munich Olympics attack that left 11 Israeli athletes dead, after a last-minute compensation deal averted a feared boycott by bereaved relatives.

Manchester Evening News

Warning as flights from Manchester to German airports cancelled due to pilots' strike

Lufthansa has been forced to axe hundreds of flights to Frankfurt and Munich on Friday

AFP

Israeli president to attend 1972 Munich massacre memorial

Jerusalem (AFP) - Israel's President Isaac Herzog is to attend a memorial next week for 11 Israelis killed in an attack at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, his office said Thursday.

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Lufthansa airline pilots set to strike this Friday with UK flights cancelled

Pilots at German airline Lufthansa go on strike tomorrow, leading to cancellations from UK destinations and the potential for widescale disruption at airports in Munich and Berlin

Wales Online

Lufthansa flights grounded by German pilots' strike with UK routes hit

Airline is set to cancel routes from its Frankfurt and Munich hubs on Friday with knock-on effects of the action lasting for several days

The Independent UK

Lufthansa cancels many flights Friday due to pilots strike

German carrier Lufthansa says it is canceling almost all passenger and cargo flights Friday from its two biggest hubs, Frankfurt and Munich, due to a planned strike by pilots

AFP

'All dead': the Munich Olympics massacre 50 years ago

Paris (AFP) - September 5, 1972: Palestinian gunmen storm the Olympic Village at the Summer Games in Munich and take a group of Israeli athletes hostage, triggering a standoff that ends in a massacre.

Reuters

Germany agrees further compensation with families of Munich Olympics victims

Germany has reached agreement on further compensation for families of Israeli athletes murdered at the 1972 Munich Olympics, a joint statement by the German and Israeli presidents said on Wednesday.

The Guardian - UK

Munich Olympics massacre families reach agreement over compensation

German president expected to apologise for 1972 attack in which 11 Israelis were murdered

The Conversation

Unknown Holocaust photos – found in attics and archives – are helping researchers recover lost stories and providing a tool against denial

The summer of 2022 marked the 80th anniversary of the first Nazi deportation of Jewish families from Germany to Auschwitz.

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