The commission’s creation stems in part from an agreement made last year to reassess German failures in handling the attack by Palestinian militants, which killed 11 Israeli athletes.
While fencing used to be a sport practiced only by the elite – training at a high level is very costly – there are now 19 fencing clubs in Israel, from Ma’alot in the North to Beersheba in the South.
Shaul Ladany survived the Holocaust and the Munich massacre at the 1972 Olympics. On the 50th anniversary of the attack, he shares his story of devotion and defiance.
Palestinian militants killed 11 Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games in 1972. Decades later Germany asked the victims’ families for forgiveness for not keeping the delegation safe.
A compensation agreement has been reached between the German government and the families of 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team who were killed at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, just days before the 50th anniversary of incidents that claimed their lives.