Memorial to the Munich Olympic Massacre

Memorial to the Munich Olympic Massacre

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Memorial to the Munich Olympic Massacre

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Location: Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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July 16, 2026

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To commemorate the twelve victims of the attack by Palestinian terrorists on the Israeli team at the Summer Olympics in Munich on September 5, 1972, the Olympia-Attentat memorial site (also known as Gedenkort Einschnitt) was created. Located in the Olympic Park near the main crime scene in the former Olympic Village, the memorial site provides multimedia information about the course of the attack and the eleven athletes and the police officer who were killed. The pavilion in a terrain cut was opened on September 6, 2017. The memorial site was designed by the Tirschenreuth-based architecture firm Brückner & Brückner.

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October 20, 2017

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The Memorial Site of the Olympic Massacre Munich 1972 is dedicated to the twelve victims of the terrorist attack: the eleven Israeli athletes and the German police officer who were killed by a Palestinian terrorist commando during the Olympic Summer Games.
Realized on the northern edge of the Olympic Park, near the Olympic Village and with a view of the competition venues. Successful multimedia presentation of the events of that time. Opened in the summer of 2017, Architecture: Brückner & Brückner, Tirschenreuth.

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October 23, 2026

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The memorial to the Munich Olympic massacre commemorates the victims of the terrorist attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics. On September 5, 1972, eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team and one German police officer were killed. The memorial is located on the edge of the Olympic Park in the immediate vicinity of the former Olympic Village and creates a place of remembrance, warning, and historical education.

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