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    The Olympic Village (German: "Olympisches Dorf") was constructed for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany and was used to house the athletes during...
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    overshadowed by the Munich massacre in the second week, in which 11 Israeli athletes and coaches and a West German police officer at the Olympic Village were killed...
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    The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, carried out by eight members of the Palestinian militant...
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    Olympic Park Munich 500m 550yds 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1    Olympiastadion (German pronunciation: [ʔoˈlʏmpi̯aːˌʃtaːdi̯ɔn] ) is a stadium located in Munich...
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    modern Olympic Village, and the first permanent Olympic Village was established at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. After the Munich massacre...
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    Olympiapark (English: Olympic Park) in Munich, Germany, is an Olympic Park which was constructed for the 1972 Summer Olympics. Located in the Oberwiesenfeld...
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    The Olympic Tower (German: Olympiaturm) in the Olympic Park, Munich has an overall height of 291 m (955 ft) and a weight of 52,500 tons. At a height of...
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  • Luttif Afif (category Munich massacre)
    a Palestinian militant who commanded the Munich massacre, a terrorist attack in the Munich Olympic Village on 5 September 1972. Afif was born to an Arab...
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  • Munich massacre. On 5 September, a group of eight Palestinian terrorists belonging to the Black September organization broke into the Olympic Village...
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    Moshe Weinberg (category Victims of the Munich massacre)
    the Olympic Village, Munich. They broke into apartment 1 at Connollystraße 31, which housed five coaches and two referees of the Israeli Olympic team...
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    2016, 2017, 2018 and 2023. Munich hosted the 1972 Summer Olympics; the Munich massacre took place in the Olympic village. It was one of the host cities...
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    the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, and was a rainbow-colored Dachshund dog named Waldi. Since the Games in Vancouver in 2010, the Olympic and Paralympic...
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  • Adnan Al-Gashey (category Munich massacre)
    Israeli quarters at the Munich Olympic Village during the 1972 Summer Olympics. The group took hostage nine of the Israeli Olympic delegation after killing...
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  • Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 Summer Olympics – Berlin 1972 Summer OlympicsMunich List of IOC country codes Olympic Games Decoration Race (2016 film)...
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  • have died at the Olympics from other causes; 11 of these deaths were from the Munich massacre. Several incidents related to the Olympics have caused the...
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  • Yusuf Nazzal (category Munich massacre)
    invaded 31 Connollystraße in the Munich Olympic Village on 5 September 1972, and took nine members of the Israeli Olympic team hostage after two members...
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  • Khalid Jawad (category Munich massacre)
    Israeli quarters at the Munich Olympic Village during the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, taking hostage nine members of the Israeli Olympic delegation after killing...
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  • Steven Spielberg's film Munich (2005). Two days after the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Israel retaliated by bombing ten PLO bases in Syria...
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    1972, being elected at the 73rd IOC Session in Munich, just prior to the 1972 Summer Olympics. The Olympic Movement experienced a difficult period during...
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    Munich massacre. On September 5, a group of eight Palestinian terrorists belonging to the Black September Organization broke into the Olympic Village...
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  • Mohammed Safady (category Munich massacre)
    perpetrated the Munich massacre, in which they invaded the Israeli quarters at the Munich Olympic Village during the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, taking hostage...
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  • Afif Ahmed Hamid (category Munich massacre)
    Israeli quarters at the Munich Olympic Village during the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, taking hostage nine members of the Israeli Olympic delegation after killing...
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    January 2009. "Olympic Shooters Hug as their Countries do Battle". CNN. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 10 August 2008. "Munich 1972: Massacre at Munich - 50 Years...
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    Mark Slavin (category Victims of the Munich massacre)
    most likely medal winner at the Munich games. Slavin had been staying in Unit 3 at 31 Connollystraße in the Olympic Village, with fellow wrestlers Gad Tsobari...
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  • Munich 2018 (German: München 2018; Bavarian: Minga 2018) was an unsuccessful bid by Munich, Germany for the 2018 edition of the Winter Olympic Games. Munich...
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    Peter Norman (category Olympic athletes for Australia)
    he was not selected for the Olympic Games in Munich in 1972 despite recording qualifying times, but the Australian Olympic Committee maintains that Norman...
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  • Kamal Adwan (category Mossad assassinations following the Munich massacre)
    kidnapping and killing of Israeli athletes in Munich, Operation Wrath of God was planned months ahead of the Olympic games crisis, and was not a related to a...
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    the new Munich Airport commenced operations. It was located near the old village of Riem in the borough of Trudering-Riem in the east of Munich. The area...
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  • Abu Daoud (category Munich massacre)
    group gained international notoriety for its role in the Munich massacre at the 1972 Munich Olympics, in which a number of athletes on the Israeli team were...
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    football in Munich München RFC Ice hockey in Munich EHC Red Bull München Olympics in Munich 1972 Summer Olympics Running in Munich Munich Marathon Sports...
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