September 5, 1972…read more The summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. On what should have been a celebration of the world coming together to celebrate the summer Olympics instead became a massacre. The Wailing Beam The Wailing Beam is a sculpture by the German sculptor Fritz Koenig. It commemorates the victims of the Munich Olympic attack of 1972. It is located along the connecting path from the Olympic Stadium to the former Olympic Village. The names of the eleven Israeli hostages that were murdered are carved on the beam in Hebrew letters: David Berger · Yossef Gutfreund · Moshe Weinberg · Eliezer Halfin · Mark Slavin · Ze'ev Friedman · Yossef Romano · Kehat Shorr · André Spitzer · Amitzur Shapira · Yakov Springer · And the name of the Bavarian policeman who died during the liberation attempt in Fürstenfeldbruck: Anton Fliegerbauer Remember their names. Never forget.

Separate from the multi-media memorial that is a short distance away, this memorial is dedicated to…read morethe eleven Israeli athletes and the German police officer who were killed by terrorists during the 20th Olympiad in Munich on September 5, 1972. There is a plaque in the ground that reads ""GRENZSTEIN DES LEBENS, NICHT DER IDEE - Während der Spiele der XX. Olympiade in München erlitten elf israelische Sportler und ein deutscher Polizeibeamter am 5. September 1972 durch einen terroristischen Anschlag einen gewaltsamen Tod" that translates to "Border of life, not the idea." On the marble memorial, the names of the athletes and the officer are listed. [Review 12029 overall, 1812 of 2019.]