Article Author:
Associated Press
Joseph Krause
Families of 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian attacks at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich were killed by German authorities. I will not attend the 50th Anniversary Celebration that I am hosting. , says they deserve more compensation and a more complete calculation of the tragedy.
September 1972 On the 5th, members of the Palestinian group Black September broke into the athletes' village, killing two Israeli national team players and taking nine more hostage. The release of a Palestinian prisoner held in Israel and his two left-wing extremists held in a West German prison.
All nine hostages and a West German police officer were killed during a German rescue attempt. The athlete's relatives have accused Germany of failing to secure the Olympic village, refusing Israeli aid and foiling rescue efforts.
"Fifty years of mistreatment, lying, humiliation and dismissal of him by the German government, especially the Bavarian authorities, are really too much for us," the family group wrote in a letter to the Bavarian authorities. . We are hosting a commemorative event on September 5th.
While German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier accepted a public apology and their request to release an archive containing more information about the attack. The amount of compensation offered by Germany was an "insult."
Ankie Spitzer, widow of former fencing coach André Spitzer, said the family expected compensation in accordance with international standards governing terrorist attacks.
"I was 26 when this happened in Munich. I'm 76 now. I don't need a diamond ring," she told the Associated Press. He said the bereaved families wanted "fair and just compensation", especially for the 14 people who lost their parents in the attack and have lived in the shadows for half a century.
"If they don't want to approach it with a humiliating offer, have a ceremony, but we won't attend," said Spitzer.
She said the entire Israeli delegation of about 200, including the Olympic athletes, would stay at home.
There was no immediate comment from German officials.
Immediately after the attack, Germany paid the relatives of the victims about DM 4.19 million (approximately €2 million, $2.09 million), according to the Interior Ministry. In 2002, surviving relatives received an additional 3 million euros, German news agency dpa reported.
Germany's interior ministry said last month that it was in talks with relatives and was planning additional payments to the families.
According to German media, Germany has offered her family to pay her €10 million, including payments that have already been made. The government has not publicly disclosed how much money it has provided.
A claim for compensation of approximately 40 million marks was filed on the grounds of gross misconduct by the police, but was dismissed because of the statute of limitations.
