Detroit Joins in Mourning Victims of Terrorism
As the world reeled from the shock of the
massacre at Munich — turning the Olympiad of
Serenity into the Olympiad of Agony—Jews every-
where met in mourning over the death of 11 young
athletes whose sole crime was that they were Is-
raelis—the sworn enemy of their assassins.
On the eve of the Jewish New Year, special
assemblies w ere sum-
moned quickly, includ-
The mayor said:
ing a citywide memorial
"The people of Detroit and
meeting sponsored by people throughout the world
t h e Jewish Community are shocked and saddened by
Council Thursday e v e- the terrible events which
ning at Cong. Bnai David. have shattered the page-ntry
In calling the memorial
meeting, Council President
Hubert Sidlow said: "There
is no political motive or
ideological cause which could
possibly justify the depraved
actions of the terrorists.
We caution those who would
seek justification that any
attempt to rationalize these
actions can only be described
as pandering to the grossest
form of terrorism. This des-
picable and cowardly act
must be deplored for what
it is . . . premeditated mur-
der.
"We join in extending our
deepest sympathies to the
families of the victims. We
enter the High Holy Day
period with sadness, but
with the hope that we may
look forward to the day
when the world will be rid
of this madness."
A memorial service was
held noon Thursday on the
University of Michigan cam-
pus. Many Christians have
expressed their Sympathy in
the form of planting trees in
Israel, the Jewish National
Fund reports.
Rabbis were expected to
devote portions of their Rosh
Hashana services in memory
of the slain athletes, and all
major Jewish organizations
issued statements deploring
the insanity of Arab terror-
ism.
gian Olympic team had with-
drawn from the resumed
Games, in sympathy with
their surviving Israeli team-
mates who left for home
Thursday.
Dr. Gustav Heinemann,
president of the West Ger-
man Federal Republic, spoke
at the memorial services.
"Those countries which do
not put a stop to the crim-
inal activities of the terror-
ists bear the real responsi-
bility" for the massacre,
and brotherhood of the 1972 which cost the lives of 11
Israeli athletes. Heinemann
Olympic Games.
"I have declared a day of Heinemann said.
mourning today to coincide
He called on "all na-
with the observance in Mu- tions of the world to help
nich and I ask Detroiters to us overcome hatred and pre-
join me in praying for the pare the ground for reconcil-
families of the slain ath- iation. The world is not
letes."
The huge Olympic stadium
in Munich was the scene of
grief and mourning Wednes-
divided between South and
North, nor between East
and West but between those
who work for peace and
those who fight to destroy
it," Heinemann said.
None of the Arab d e 1 e -
gations attended the serv-
ices. According to reports,
all of them remained in their
hostel. The Egyptian dele-
gation, which announced its
withdrawal from the Olym-
pic games in the aftermath
of the tragedy, returned
home Wednesday.
There were still confusing
reports as to the actual
events of the bloodbath, in
which five terrorists and one
German policeman were
killed, in addition to the 11
Israeli victims.
The initial attack on the p.m. local time Tuesday
Israeli quarters in Olympic when the German authori•
Village occurred in the early
hours of Tuesday morning.
Most of to.. Israeli squad
managed to escape. Nearly
24 hours of fruitless negotia-
tions ended at about 9:45
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day as 80,000 persons from
120 nations gathered to pay
homage to the murdered 11
members of the Israeli Olym-:
pic squad. Thousands were
turned away because there
was no room.
Two cf the Israelis were
slain in a pre-dawn raid on
the Israeli quarters in the
Olympic Village. Nine others
were killed 23 hours later
during a shoot-out between
the terrorists and West Ger-
man police at the Fursten-
feldbruck Military Airport
outside Munich from where
the terrorists had expected
to fly their hostages to Cairo.
The bodies of the slain Is-
raelis were flown to Israel
Thursday for burial. Thou-
sands were on hand at Lod
Airport, where Yigal Allon,
speaking for Prime Minister
Golda Meir, whose sister had
died the day before, placed
the blame for the massacre
on all Arab governments
harboring terrorists.
The atmosphere at the
Mayor Gribbs declared Olympic stadium Wednes-
day
was a grim contrast to
Wednesday to be a day of
mourning in Detroit for the what it had been a day be-
murdered Israeli Olympic fore. instead of the cheers
athletes, and he ordered of spectators. the vast arena
flags at all city installations echoed to sobbing and mur-
mured prayers. Dozens of
to be flown at half staff.
dignitaries from all over the
world, among them West
German Chancellor Willy
Brandt and Prince Philip of
Britain. seemed overcome as
the Munich Philharmonic
Orchestra, conducted by Ru-
dolf Kernfer. played Beet-
hoven's Funeral March. An
flags were at half-staff.
Avery Brundage. chairman
of the Olympic Committee.
declared this a "day of
mourning." Brundage an-
nounced that the games
would continue Thursday.
"We will not let a handful
of terrorists disrupt the
Olympic spirit." he said.
Members of the Israeli
Olympic squad sat in the
front line of seats. Most of
them wore skull caps and
were seen murmuring to
themselves the Hebrew
prayer for the dead. Ellahu
Ben Morin. Israel's ambas•
sador to West Germany, and
Haim Lankin, chief of the
Israeli Olympic squad, ad-
dressed the services in He-
brew. Facing the rostrum
were 11 empty seats sym-
bol of mourning for the dead.
Lankin said later, "This
tragedy will not prevent us
from participating in future
games. Israel will play again
in the same spirit of frat-
ernity and peace." The next
Olympic Games are sched-
uled to be held in Montreal
in 1976.
At last report, the Norwe-
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