Revisiting History: Efforts to Reshape Memory of the 1972 Munich Olympics Tragedy
Munich, Germany – Nearly fifty years after the tragic events of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where a Palestinian terrorist group took 11 Israeli athletes and coaches hostage, resulting in their deaths, the incident continues to resonate deeply in Germany’s collective memory. However, the way the country commemorates and narrates the story is under new scrutiny, highlighting a complex interaction of national memory, responsibility, and reconciliation. At the heart of this revisitation are calls …