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  • Relatives, athletes attend memorial for 1972 Olympic victims: GERMAN BUNGLING, ISRAELI SLAUGHTER

    08/11/2002 9:57:52 AM PDT · by Cinnamon Girl · 7 replies · 441+ views
    Ha'aretz ^ | Last update - 19:39 11/08/2002 | By Rami Hipsh, Ha'aretz Correspondent, Ha'aretz Service and agencies
    Ankie Spitzner, the widow of one of the athletes killed at the 1972 Games, speaking at Sunday's memorial ceremony in Munich. (Photo: AP) Relatives and athletes joined in a memorial service Sunday for the 11 Israelis killed at the 1972 Munich Olympics, standing in a moment of silence, listening to songs and speeches and promising not to forget the victims. Amid extraordinary security and in cool, drizzly weather, 25 relatives of the athletes who were killed attended the one-hour ceremony at the monument to the victims, a large stone tablet placed at the bridge linking the former Olympic village to...