1972 Summer Olympics In Munich
MUNICH MASSACRE
WHAT HAPPENED ?
8 Palestinians kidnapped and killed 11 members of Israeli Olympics Team. 5 of 8 Terrorist were killed 1 German Policeman was killed Palestinian terrorist were members of the Black September Organization
Effect on The Games:
The Olympics were stopped for a day 6 national teams left the games Memorial tablet was build 10 Arab nations demanded their flags to remain at full-staff
Media Broadcast of the Crisis
All presented TV channels broadcasted live the murder of two Israeli Coaches TV channels broadcasted live the positioning of the German Policemen in front of the building, enabling the terrorist to see how were positioned the German forces
AFTERMATH
5 movies were made based on the Hostage crisis Several books about the Munich massacre were published 2 Special operations were launched against the survived terrorists by Mossad
Ethical or Not?
Universal Studios profits of the film “Munich”: US: 47,379,090$ (Gross Income) UK: 1,719,662 £ Holland: 1,378,764 € Awards and Nominations of the 5 movies total: 33 Nominations & 12 movie awards
Statistic based on IMDB (www.imdb.com)