Munich police kill man who brandished gun near Israeli consulate and 1972 Olympics massacre commemoration
German media outlets were reporting that the man killed was an Austrian teenager with suspected ties to Islamic extremism
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Adidas backtracked after making supermodel Bella Hadid the face of its SL72 sneaker campaign, which references the 1972 Munich Olympics where Israeli athletes were murdered
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News ESPN documentary focuses on Holocaust and Munich massacre survivor Shaul Ladany
ESPN veteran Jeremy Schaap, who is Jewish and has won 11 Emmys, traveled to Israel and through Germany to tell Ladany’s story
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Fast Forward Germany apologizes to Munich Massacre victims and opens research commission into events surrounding the tragedy
'The attack was followed by years of decades of silence and blocking out,' said German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier
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News How the 1972 Munich Massacre unfolded, through the eyes of athletes in the Olympic village
Fifty years later, members of the U.S. men’s basketball team look back at how confusion reigned throughout the infamous day.
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Sports Mark Spitz made Olympic history in 1972. Here’s why his Jewish identity mattered in Munich
He won 7 gold medals for swimming. A day after his final race, the Munich massacre unfolded
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Fast Forward Israeli families of Munich Olympics massacre victims agree to compensation deal with Germany, avoiding 50th anniversary ceremony boycott
Germany increased its compensation offer from 10 million euros to 28 million euros
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