Telling the story of the Munich 1972 Summer Olympics

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Avishai in the Munich Olympic village in 1972

Dr Avishai Yakobovitch was the captain of the youth fencing team in the 1972 Olympic games in Munich. We hear some first-hand stories about the actual massacre and the very disappointing response from the International Olympics Committee and from the German Government. The Munich Olympics Massacre - a personal reflection.


The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack carried out during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, by eight members of the Palestinian terrorist organisation Black September, which was closely associated with Yasser Arafat’s PLO. Eleven Israeli sportsmen were murdered in that bloody massacre. The German government officially apologised 50 years later in regards to various catastrophic mistakes that took place back then.

Following the horrific massacre Avishai decided to study medicine and to not only save life but to also to help procreate it, becoming a leading gynaecologist. Avishai also proudly tells us about his very sporty family.
Many thanks for Galia, a fencing champion in her own right, for arranging this interview!

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