THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
10th Anniversary of Tragedy
at Munich Olympics Recalled
By HASKELL COHEN
NEW YORK (JTA) —
The month of September is
remembered in the world of
sports as "Black Sep-
tember." On Sept. 5, 1972,
PLO terrorists massacred
11 Israeli athletes and
coaches in Munich during
the Olympic Games.
The tragedy, which oc-
curred just four days before
the beginning of the Jewish
new year of 5733, was one of
the worst acts of savagery in
the bloody history of PLO
terrorism. The entire West-
ern world was aghast of this
atrocity. The huge Olympic
stadium was the scene of
grief and mourning the day
after as 80,000 people from
120 nations gathered to pay
homage to the slain 11. All
flags were at half-mast.
Afterwards there was a
pitiful attempt on the part
of the International Olym-
pic Committee, headed by
Avery Brundage, to keep
the 1972 Games going with
sad encouragement from
the Israel Olympic contin-
gent which felt that despite
their loss in players the
games had to continue and
survive.
The feelings on the part
of both the International
Committee and the Is-
raeli contingent was that
a handful of terrorists
would not be allowed to
disrupt the "Olympic
spirit." The Israelis felt,
furthermore, that stop-
ping the games would ful-
fill the objective of the
terrorists.
Attempts were made ear-
lier this month to get the
various news wire services
and TV networks to com-
memorate the tragedy. To
their credit, the ABC-TV
network did have Hugh
Downs on his. "20/20" pro-
gram do a feature on
Munich-10 years later.
Here and there around
the country newspapers re-
called the incident and some
publications, like the
Philadelphia Daily News,
really did an excellent job in
recalling the event.
The story of what tran-
spired is forgotten, or be-
comes hazy, in the course of
time. It should be recalled
that the initial attack on the
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Olympic Village where the
Israelis were housed, oc-
cured in the early hours of
Sept. 5.
The surprise attack
was not entirely com-
plete. Moshe Weinberg, a
33-year-old wrestling
coach, apparently man-
aged to hold the door to
one of the apartments
closed against the killers
long enough for a sub-
stanial number of his fel-
low athletes to escape.
Weinberg was killed and
his body was thrown out
of the apartment by the
terrorists. A second Is-
raeli, Joseph Romano, 33,
a weightlifter, was fatally
wounded and died a few
hours later.
The 11 whose lives were
snuffed out were, in addi-
tion to Weinberg and
Romano: David Berger, 28,
an American who had corn-
peted in the Maccabia
Games as a representative
of the U.S. and who had set-
tled in Israel in 1969 with
the intention of represent-
ing the Jewish state in the
Olympics; Andre Spitzer,
45, a weightlifting in-
structor; Yosef Guteureund,
41, the wrestling referee;
Yacov Springer, 51,
weightlifting instructor;
Zeev Freedman, 28, a
weightlifter; Eliezer Halfin,
28, a wrestler; Mark Slavin,
18, a wrestler who had "es-
caped" from the Soviet
Union only three months
prior to the Olympics;
Amitzur Shapira, 32, the
track coach; and Kehat
Schorr, 53, the coach of Is-
rael's highly regarded team
of marksmen.
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TO ALL OUR CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS
UNITED NATIONS —
Elections at UN headquar-
_ ters last week have assured
a Jewish presence for at
least three years on the
powerful Executive Com-
mittee of the Conference of
NGOs — the coordinating
body of international non-
governmental organiza-
tions accredited to the UN.
The WJC has announced
that its secretary-general,
Dr. Gerhart M. Riegner,
will represent the organiza-
tion on the 20-member
board. Twenty-five years
ago, Riegner was chosen to
serve as chairman of the
group.
Synagogues Participate in Israel Bond
Emergency High Holiday Campaign
Synagogues in Metro De- the impact of the Lebanbn Shomrei Yisrael in addition
troit participating in the operation on its economy.
to their regular Bond pur-
culminating phase of an Is- Congregants will be chase.
rael Bond Emergency De- asked to "Cast a Bond Ballot
Sam Rich is Detroit Israel
velopment for Peace cam- for a Strong Economy and
Bond
general chairman.
paign during the 32nd An- United Jerusalem," on this
nual High Holy Day Appe- 15th anniversary of the ci-
als this year are: Cong. Beth ty's reunification, said Max
Sukkot Dinner
Achim, Cong. Beth Shalom, Sosin, Israel Bond High
at Adat Shalom
Cong. Bnai Moshe, Cong. Holy Day Appeal chairman.
Bnai David, Cong. Beth Ab- A special "ballot box,"
Adat Shalom Synagogue
raham Hillel Moses, Young with the United
will hold its annual Sukkot
Israel of Southfield, Young Jerusalem theme on one
dinner 6:45 p.m. Oct. 1 in
Israel of Greenfield, Young side and the slogan
the synagogue. Services
Israel of Oak-Woods, Cong. "Emergency Develop-
will be held at 6 p.m.
Shaarey Shomayim, Cong. ment for Peace Cam-
Sponsored by the adult
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education and membership
H'Ari-Lubavitcher Center, side will be used in the
committees, the dinner will
Cong. Dovid Ben Nuchim, congregational appeals.
be
the occasion to acknowl-
Cong. Beth Tefilo Emanuel Tab cards indicating
edge new members from the
Tikvah, Cong. Shomrey Bond purchases will be
past year. Cantor Larry
Emunah, Cong. Bnai Israel used as "ballots."
Vieder will lead the Shabat
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By buying $1,000 or more
Bnai Zion.
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