Ebook: The 1972 Munich Olympics and the making of modern Germany
Author: Schiller Kay, Young Christopher
- Tags: Terrorism -- Germany -- Munich. Athletes -- Violence against -- Germany -- Munich. Germany -- Politics and government -- 20th century. (20th. 1972. 20th century. Athletes. Germany. History. Munich Germany) Munich. Olympic Games. Politics and government. Te
- Series: Weimar and now 42
- Year: 2010
- Publisher: University of California Press
- City: Berkeley, Germany, Munich, Germany), Germany--Munich, Germany
- Language: English
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The 1972 Munich Olympics--remembered almost exclusively for the devastating terrorist attack on the Israeli team--were intended to showcase the New Germany and replace lingering memories of the Third Reich. That hope was all but obliterated in the early hours of September 5, when gun-wielding Palestinians murdered 11 members of the Israeli team. In the first cultural and political history of the Munich Olympics, Kay Read more...
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