1972 Summer Olympics In Munich

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1972 Summer Olympics In Munich

• MUNICH MASSACRE

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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