Germany: Massacre Of 11 Israeli At 1972 Olympic Games In Munich

Childhood Memories

I was about 11 years old when it happened. I remember well that I was in high school that day when the students were asked to interrupt their usual class and come to the large gym to view the live broadcast of the memorial service. This was a highly unusual deviation from a regular school day. From this day on I became a great admirer of Beethoven’s 9^th Symphony, because it was played at the memorial service.

Some of the photographic pictures of this massacre and its Arab perpetrators are still vivid in my memory. Having lived within about 1000 yards of the World Trade Center in Jersey City, NJ on September 11, 2001, I have little doubt there is a connection between these two terrorist attacks and the rather coward response to repeated Arab/Muslim violence by Western countries over decades. The sheer fanaticism to cause such mayhem at the Olympic Games and the World Trade Center one aspect that links these two events.

Arab Fanaticism Against Peace

To target the Olympic Games, which have “The goal … to contribute to building a peaceful and better world by educating youth through sport practiced in accordance with Olympism and its values.” was an incredible, unprecedented perversion by Arab fanatics. To what extent the former Soviet Union and the KGB was behind this attack is not known to me.

Germany’s Incredible Incompetence For The Whole World To Witness

According to Wikipedia’s article on the event too many things went wrong:

·         German authorities were supposedly warned a few weeks ahead of time by a Arab informant that something was to happen at the Olympic Games (is this confirmed?)

·         Germany was totally unprepared, unprofessional, and too inflexible to deal with such a hostage situation by militants

·         Supposedly the Israeli government offered to send special forces, but Germany declined (this is not confirmed or is it?)

·         What happened during the shootout at Fuerstenfeldbruck airport can only be described as an operational disaster by German forces and leaders. E.g. five insufficiently trained men were selected as snipers; they were not given radio communications, one of the snipers was severely wounded by friendly fire, because police officers did not know about the snipers and much more.

Germany Handled The Arab Perpetrators Like Fools

The bodies of the five Palestinian assassins killed during the Fürstenfeldbruck gun battle were delivered to Libya, where they received heroes' funerals and were buried with full military honors. Why did Germany do this?

It gets worse: On 29 October 1972, hijackers of a West German Lufthansa passenger jet with 172 passengers on board demanded the release of the three surviving gunmen, who had been arrested after the Fürstenfeldbruck gunfight and were being held for trial. These three killers were immediately released by West Germany, receiving a tumultuous welcome when they touched down in Libya (see Wikipedia article). It is reported that the son of Robert Kennedy was on board of this hijacked plane.