As part of an agreement with the families, Germany agreed to acknowledge failures that authorities made at the time and to allow German and Israeli historians to review the events surrounding the attack. FOX13
People read information about the victims on a board as they visit the memorial site"'Erinnerungsort Olympia-Attentat" at the Olympic Park in Munich, southern Germany on July 17, 2022. in compensation.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz "is very glad about the agreement achieved with the families of the victims," government spokesman Steffen Hebesteit told reporters in Berlin. Members of the Palestinian group Black September broke into the Olympic Village, killed two athletes from Israel’s national team and took nine more hostage on Sept. 5, 1972. The attackers hoped to force the release of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel as well as two left-wing extremists in West German jails.
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