Today, September 5th, we honor the memories of the 11 Israeli athletes murdered at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, by the terror group Black September.

Not many know that what took place was far worse than initially reported and was understood.

A thread in their memory.
Never-before-seen evidence, which includes grisly photographs of the murder scene, were featured in a new documentary, Munich ’72 and Beyond, which premiered in the UK in 2016 after the German government released 900 photographs and more than 4,000 documents.
For Ilana and Ankie Spitzer, widow of fencing coach Andrei Spitzer, there were mixed emotions over whether to include a distressing photo showing Yossef Romano, a champion weightlifter, who was castrated by his kidnappers and left to bleed to death in front of his teammates.
The emotional impact was also hard for Mika, sister of wrestler Mark Slavin, who recalls her tearful father begging she would never ask to see the photos, which also reveal the hostages endured beatings and broken bones and were tied by their hands and legs to the bedposts.
Producer Steven Ungerleider says the discovery of the evidence, which the German police denied even existed for decades after the event, left everyone feeling “shocked and pained,” but the families agreed to include the material in the documentary.
Director Crisman also interviewed Palestinian journalists Raed Othman & Ziad Zayyad who argued the terrorists were tasked with taking hostages to release 234 prisoners & to present the Palestinian case to the world, & that violence or killing was only to be used as a last resort.
But as the documentary presents evidence from German police files, it becomes clear the terrorists had deadly intentions.
clearly that was a smokescreen. The weapons they carried in were enough for a military operation and included hand grenades, bombs and automatic weapons.
The film also highlights the bungled security organised by the Germans at the 1972 Olympic Games, a factor that heavily contributed to the massacre taking place. The budget set for security was just £80,000.
Justice has to be done because they didn’t come with guns, they weren't on the battlefield. They came to take part in the peaceful, joyful, brotherhood that is the Olympic Games.
This is not what happened. They spent their last hours in fear, humiliated, tortured, & castrated.
Equally contentious is the fact the Games were allowed to continue just hours after the horrific 20 hour-long incident came to its end, with a botched rescue at a nearby airport.
Mossad was not allowed to operate on German soil, and the German police failed.
For 44 years, relatives and survivors have been searching for answers to no avail. The courage and strength of the families, allowing the photos of their loved once to be presented, in order for the truth to come out, has hopefully provided some closure on their loss and pain.
A thread on the retribution operation by Mossad. https://twitter.com/Claire_Voltaire/status/1302335337453084673?s=20
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