3a. Remembering Munich (overview) V2.docx

Remembering Munich A Social Consequence: Overview ***Task: Use the following 'timeline' and links to complete the questions/tasks at the bottom.*** Four years later at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, the Israeli team commemorated the massacre: when they entered the stadium at the Opening Ce...

Remembering Munich A Social Consequence: Overview ***Task: Use the following 'timeline' and links to complete the questions/tasks at the bottom.*** Four years later at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, the Israeli team commemorated the massacre: when they entered the stadium at the Opening Ceremony, their national flag was adorned with a black ribbon. In 1995, a memorial was dedicated outside the Olympic stadium in Munich in the form of a stone tablet at the bridge linking the stadium to the former Olympic village. Less than two weeks before the dedication, a controversy brewed over the wording of the plaque: The original text said the athletes were the victims of \"violence,\" without specific mention of the attack by Palestinian terrorists. The omission enraged the Israeli and German Jewish officials invited to the Sept. 27 ceremony. The German Olympic Committee only changed the plaque's text after intensive negotiations with the Jewish officials. There was also a memorial tablet to the slain Israelis placed outside the front door of their former lodging at 31 Connollystraße. On 15 October 1999 (almost a year before the Sydney 2000 Games), a memorial plaque was unveiled in one of the large light towers (Tower 14) outside the Sydney Olympic Stadium. In 2004, the families of some victims asked the IOC to establish a permanent memorial to the athletes (as opposed to a monument). The IOC declined, and at one point argued that to introduce any specific reference to the individual victims could \"alienate other members of the Olympic community,\" according to the BBC. Alex Gilady, an Israeli IOC official at that time, told the BBC: \"We must consider what this could do to other members of the delegations that are hostile to Israel.\" The IOC rejected an international campaign in support of a minute of silence at the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics in honour of the Israeli victims on the 40th anniversary of the massacre. Jacques Rogge, the IOC President, said it would be \"inappropriate\". Speaking of the decision, Olympian Shaul Ladany, who survived the attack, commented: \"I do not understand. I do not understand, and I do not accept it.\" In 2013, German Thomas Bach was appointed as IOC President. He was more sympathetic to the long running campaign run by the families. In 2014, the International Olympic Committee agreed to contribute \$250,000 towards a memorial to the murdered Israeli athletes. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, the IOC itself would officially commemorate the eleven Israeli athletes with a ceremony held in the Place of Mourning, a memorial set up in the Olympic Village in Rio, two days prior to the opening ceremony of the 2016 Games. A 'moment of reflection' was also held during the closing ceremony. In 2017, a memorial was constructed on the site of the massacre by the German Government. Go to [[Significance of 2017 Munich memorial]](https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2017/10/23/munichs-powerful-innovative-new-memorial-to-olympics-massacre/) In 2022, on the 50th anniversary of the attack, Germany's president and separately, Munich's mayor, finally apologized for German failings at the time and in the years since in front of the victims\' families. The federal government also announced a €28 million compensation package to be paid to the families - Go to [[Germany apologizes]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYDe0FshUDI). The IOC finally apologized a few weeks later - Go to [[IOC apology](https://apnews.com/article/thomas-bach-winter-olympics-sports-germany-tel-aviv-e7e45f2f1e754103864cfbb313beb197).]