Germany will commemorate the sad 50th anniversary of the Munich hostage-taking, which mourned the 1972 Olympics. On September 5 of that year, the Palestinian commando “Black September” took a group of eleven athletes hostage Israelis, right in the Olympic Village. An indelible stain in Olympic history and in that of the Bavarian city, for whom the duty of memory is still painful, 50 years after the events.
A commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the tragedy which almost did not take place because the families of the victims threatened to boycott the event. But a few days ago, after decades of negotiations, the German government and the families of the Israeli victims finally reached an agreement providing for a compensation package of 28 million euros, partly paid by Bavaria and the city. from Munich.