Press release: 50 years after the Olympic Attack 1972 - commemorating the victims

"Twelve Months -Twelve Names: 50 Years of the 1972 Munich Olympics Attack" - this is the title of the 2022 Year of Remembrance. In order to commemorate the twelve victims 50 years after the terrible events in a very special way, the focuswill be on one victim each month.

Coordinated by the Jewish Museum Munich and the Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism, various institutions from the Fürstenfeldbruck district will alsoparticipate in the special remembrance work.

In February, the policeman Anton Fliegerbauer is commemorated. A photo of Anton Fliegerbauer will beprojected onto the building of the police headquarters in Ettstraße in Munich. Also in February, there will be a lecture at the police academy in Fürstenfeldbruck. The programme includes an address by the bereaved familiesand a lecture on the police lessons learned from the Olympic Attack.

In March, the Jexhof Museum will dedicate an outdoor exhibition to the weightlifter Ze'ev Friedman.

Eliezer Halfin is the focus in May. As a supplement to the exhibition "5 September 1972 - The End ofthe Cheerful Games in Munich", information about the life of the freestylewrestler is provided at the Fürstenfeldbruck District Office.

The Historical Associationfor the City and District of Fürstenfeldbruck e. V. commemorates the weightlifterYossef Romano with a memorial tournament in June.

In September, the Fürstenfeldbruck Museum will commemorate the wrestler Mark Slavin as part ofthe exhibition "Olympia 1972".

In November, students of the Graf-Rasso-Gymnasium will remember the referee Yakov Springer.

The programme for the monthly commemorations is constantly updated and can be viewed atwww.lra-ffb.de and https://muenchen1972-2022.de. In addition, 15 artists fromthe FFB Artists' Association will be working on the theme: "50 Years ofthe Olympic Attack 72". The exhibition will take place from 03.09. to25.09.2022 in the Kulturwerkstatt HAUS 10.

 

Source: LandratsamtFürstenfeldbruck (lra-ffb.de)

Photo: ©Daniel Schvarcz

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