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Erinnerungsort Olympia-Attentat

Coordinates: 48°10′40″N 11°33′00″E / 48.1779°N 11.5501°E / 48.1779; 11.5501
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Erinnerungsort Olympia-Attentat
Erinnerungsort Olympia-Attentat
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48°10′40″N 11°33′00″E / 48.1779°N 11.5501°E / 48.1779; 11.5501
LocationMunich Olympiapark, Munich, Germany
TypeMemorial
Opening dateSeptember 6, 2017
Dedicated toVictims of the Munich massacre
Video installation

The Erinnerungsort Olympia-Attentat (English: Place of Memory: Olympic Terrorist Attack[1]) is a memorial in the Munich Olympiapark for the victims of the Munich massacre during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, at which eleven Israeli Olympic team members were taken hostage and eventually killed, along with a German police officer, by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September.

The 10 minutes long 11 meter width Video Installation loop is shown each day from 8 to 22 o'clock. Language is German with English subtitles. The memorial was opened on September 6. 2017 by the President of Israel Reuven Rivlin and President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

References

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  1. ^ Schiller, Kay (2022). "Landscape, Architecture, and Democracy: Planning, Appropriating, and Experiencing the Munich Olympic Park and Village" (PDF). Harvard University Press.