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'I know the dreams of my husband.

'How he left Israel to be part of this wonderful event,

'How he left Israel to be part of this wonderful event,

'which is called The Olympic Games.

'And how came back in a coffin.'

'And how came back in a coffin.'

The "Olympics Of Serenity" have become

the one thing Germans didn't want them to be...

.."The Olympics Of Terror."

Shooting at the airport at Furstenfeldbruck.

The police are shooting back.

The police are shooting back.

They admit the police sharp shooters opened fire first.

The guerrillas then opened fire on the hostages.

The guerrillas then opened fire on the hostages.

Then finally, the report that we now have.

All of the hostages are dead. They're all gone.

All of the hostages are dead. They're all gone.

All nine Israelis were dead.

Five guerrillas were killed, three others captured.

You cannot put your soul to rest

You cannot put your soul to rest

if you know that the love of your life has been killed.

Never.

We go this way, OK?

We go this way, OK?

Welcome. Thank you very much.

Thank you.

The English of my father is not so good, so I will translate for him,

The English of my father is not so good, so I will translate for him,

and so we can find a way.

I appreciate it very much

I appreciate it very much

that you made the effort to come and see us.

I remember how much Anbrei dreamt about going one day to the Olympics.

And then his turn came.

And then his turn came.

But then our little baby girl was born,

and he said, "How can I leave you here all by yourself?"

and he said, "How can I leave you here all by yourself?"

So he thought of, you know, cancelling the trip.

And I knew that there was no way,

because he loved to go there.

because he loved to go there.

I'm from Holland,

I'm from Holland,

and I was a fencer.

So I met him in the fencing hall in Holland where he was my coach.

So I said, "OK, go to sleep, I love you."

So I said, "OK, go to sleep, I love you."

You know, we were a young couple, very much in love,

so we could at least say these things to each other.

so we could at least say these things to each other.

And that was the last time I talked to him.

The peace of what had been called "The Serene Olympics" was shattered

just before dawn this morning, about 5 o clock,

just before dawn this morning, about 5 o clock,

when Arab terrorists went to the headquarters of the Israeli team

and immediately killed one man, Moshe Weinberg, a coach.

and immediately killed one man, Moshe Weinberg, a coach.

Two shots in the head, one in the stomach.

So, at 7 o clock in the morning, my parents knocked on my door.

So, at 7 o clock in the morning, my parents knocked on my door.

"Ankie, you should know," my father said,

"that terrorists came into the buildings of the Israelis,

the apartments of the Israelis."

the apartments of the Israelis."

Meanwhile, the drama went into another phase.

Negotiations with the terrorist leader, holding a live grenade,

as the authorities tried to gain time.

Any attempt to interfere with the operation

would result in the liquidation of the hostages.

West Germany would bear full responsibility.

West Germany would bear full responsibility.

This is building number 31.

This is building number 31.

And we're moving in now on the windows,

behind which at this moment,

eight or nine terrified, living human beings

eight or nine terrified, living human beings

are being held prisoner.

The man in the room, Joseph Romano is 31 years old,

an Israeli weightlifter in the middleweight class,

is believed to be possibly dead. It has not been absolutely confirmed

is believed to be possibly dead. It has not been absolutely confirmed

because he is still inside with them.

It took me until 9 o'clock in the morning to find out

It took me until 9 o'clock in the morning to find out

that he was among the hostages.

If they don't free the Palestinian prisoners,

then they start shooting... one Israeli after the other.

then they start shooting... one Israeli after the other.

You know, the ultimatum was 12.

So there you sit.

I don't think that Israel, or the Israeli government,

will in any way, er... fulfil the demands of the terrorists.

will in any way, er... fulfil the demands of the terrorists.

I asked Golda Meir, "Who cares about 234 Palestinian prisoners in jail?"

She said, "Ankie, we cannot do that,

She said, "Ankie, we cannot do that,

"because if we negotiate with terrorists,

"no Israeli or no Jew will ever be safe

"no Israeli or no Jew will ever be safe

"anywhere in this world."

She said, "There is no negotiation with terrorists ever, never."

She said, "There is no negotiation with terrorists ever, never."

'I am almost directly over the Israeli building.

'It will be a famous number before long.

'It's building 31, it's on Connollystrasse.'

We got it over the news that there was an event.

It appeared at first as an event in the Olympic village.

It appeared at first as an event in the Olympic village.

And I immediately contacted Moshe Dayan, the minister of defence,

And I immediately contacted Moshe Dayan, the minister of defence,

to ask that they will allow us immediately to fly there.

After an hour I got the answer that it's impossible.

That someone checked with the German side,

probably through the embassy or whatever,

probably through the embassy or whatever,

and it became clear there is a federal law

that does not allow any citizen of another sovereignty

that does not allow any citizen of another sovereignty

to pull the trigger on German soil.

I was, uh...

I was, uh...

I don't know, I errupted with anger.

Couldn't do nothing, it's the decision of the upper echelons.

Couldn't do nothing, it's the decision of the upper echelons.

But I was strongly frustrated, the soldiers there...

It- It's stupid.

So if in any case

you have to negotiate, to talk

or to question one of the participants,

or to question one of the participants,

the Arab participants,

Cohen was the best man.

REPORTER: Now, I heard you mention that

the original deadline has passed. The reports here

the original deadline has passed. The reports here

vary dramatically as to what is going on.

There is a clock right outside the Israeli building

which of course now marks quarter past one.

which of course now marks quarter past one.

And then they postponed the ultimatum.

They said "We are going to wait to 3 o clock".

I came to Israel in the middle of the War of Independance.

And what I knew is that there were 600,000 Israelis

And what I knew is that there were 600,000 Israelis

and about 70 or 80 million Arabs.

You must understand,

the feeling of being surrounded by enemies

the feeling of being surrounded by enemies

who just want to wipe you off the map.

Nothing else.

Nothing else.

So the feeling is that you're fighting for your life.

So the feeling is that you're fighting for your life.

For your home, for your family.

And you know very well, if you lose this battle,

everything is gone.

everything is gone.

Everything is going to be completely annihilated.

The toughest, most complicated problem in the Middle East

is the question of the Palestinian refugees.

There are more than 2 million of them,

There are more than 2 million of them,

scattered throughout the Middle East,

most of them jammed into squalid refugee camps.

Until they get a Palestinian state,

Until they get a Palestinian state,

a place they can call home,

their fight against the Israelis will continue.

Cigarette?

Cigarette?

I still remember myself sitting there

and I could not eat, I could not drink,

I was just focused on what I see on TV

I was just focused on what I see on TV

because it was live, you know.

One man with binoculars, another with a gun.

This is happening now, if you can possibly believe that.

This is happening now, if you can possibly believe that.

At the games of the 20th Olympiad.

The Germans had not wanted to see healdines like this

that are now appearing in the local Munich papers.

that are now appearing in the local Munich papers.

Arabs murder two Israelis in the Olympia village.

Don't! Please!

Come with us.

Come with us.

You tell them that you are alright.

You tell them that you are alright.

That's it.

Don't lie.

Suddenly the focus was on the building...

..and I see Andrei in front of the window.

That gave me the reassurance that he was still alive

That gave me the reassurance that he was still alive

and that was very important.

You cannot talk to him.

You can only imagine what he is going through.

You can only imagine what he is going through.

I found that humiliating for him

to be there in his undershirt

to be there in his undershirt

without the blouses, and he has to talk.

But at least I saw him and I...

I-I was happy that he was still alive.

My mother said, "Maybe now they are going to be saved."

My mother said, "Maybe now they are going to be saved."

And I said "No, mother. They are not going to be saved.

"They only want the area to be cleared.

"They want this problem- it's only 11 Jews,

"They want this problem- it's only 11 Jews,

"so let- get them out of here."

Nice to meet you.

OK, I want to talk to you about this thing.

Tower. I was here. Tower.

Lufthansa.

They have a mission and they don't carry out this mission.

Yes. You are laughing, why?

Yes. You are laughing, why?

Because, in our country,

if you have an order, you comply with it.

What happened after that?

They have been punished or...?

My father just said that, um, in his opinion

it was like a useless mission.

it was like a useless mission.

If the German authorities

would ask us to come with our people,

with our children,

with our children,

to do the same mission

they will do it. They will never quit.

The only thing was that your father

The only thing was that your father

and the other people, it's not their problem.

It was different if the prisoners...

..were German, not Israeli.

..were German, not Israeli.

OK. To shoot them on the way to the airplane,

OK. To shoot them on the way to the airplane,

that was the first plan but they never, uh...

A collaborator of mine, telling me, shooting at the airport,

the police are shooting back.

the police are shooting back.

At 3.15 in the morning,

At 3.15 in the morning,

we got Jim McCabe from the ABC, the announcer there.

And then finally the report that we now have.

All of the hostages are dead. They're all gone.

The Israeli Olympic team is destroyed, much of it.

The Israeli Olympic team is destroyed, much of it.

Some of their officials.

I remember that I went to my room.

I remember that I went to my room.

I only took my handbag. I said "I'm going to Munich".

So I got there and I said "Ok, I'll take Andrei's things"

So I got there and I said "Ok, I'll take Andrei's things"

he said "No, no, you cannot go there because they were held hostage

he said "No, no, you cannot go there because they were held hostage

in his room. That's where a man killed, in his room.

And you cannot go there." I said "I have to be there, to feel it."

And you cannot go there." I said "I have to be there, to feel it."

So I went alone up the stairs and I must say,

So I went alone up the stairs and I must say,

the chaos in that room - I still see it in front of me, you know.

the chaos in that room - I still see it in front of me, you know.

It was terrible. It was blood all over.

They brought in food that probably nobody ate.

They brought in food that probably nobody ate.

It was all trampled on the floor.

They didn't let them go to the bathroom.

And I said to myself "Can any human being do this

And I said to myself "Can any human being do this

to another human being?"

And I know it. I felt it.

And I know it. I felt it.

And then afterwards I looked around and we were supposed to

take personal things, and he bought a little mascot for Anouk,

take personal things, and he bought a little mascot for Anouk,

so this I took.

And I just... I said OK. Home. I have to go home.

And I just... I said OK. Home. I have to go home.

I saw a Germany who, not so many years before Munich,

managed to have such a well killing machine,

managed to have such a well killing machine,

killing 6 million Jews, couldn't kill 8 terrorists

killing 6 million Jews, couldn't kill 8 terrorists

and do it the German way - neatly and organised?

and do it the German way - neatly and organised?

They're very well known for that, so how can that be?

That... I'm sorry that I'm saying that.

And I asked Georg Wolf, who was the...

And I said "Why did you continue when you knew that the plan

had already failed?"

had already failed?"

And then he said "Well, I looked into the eyes of the young

police officers and I saw in their eyes

police officers and I saw in their eyes

that they wanted to live."

And I said "Did you look in the eyes of my husband,

27 year old,

27 year old,

sitting tied in the helicopter.

You think he didn't want to live?

You think he didn't want to live?

You don't think he wanted to live for his daughter Anouk?

Or that he wants to live for me?"

I said "How can you say that, that you looked into their eyes?"

I said "How can you say that, that you looked into their eyes?"

Then he said to me "You know what? You-" and he pointed at me -

Then he said to me "You know what? You-" and he pointed at me -

"You brought terror on German soil"

I said "I brought?" He said "No. The Israelis".

I said "I brought?" He said "No. The Israelis".

Dr Manfred Shreiber, Munich Police President,

drew up the airport ambush plan that failed.

drew up the airport ambush plan that failed.

Dr Shrieber maintains from the start the Israelis were

condemned men. All he could do, he says, was hope the Arabs

would make a mistake, and they didn't.

would make a mistake, and they didn't.

He called the geurillas "very professional"

Immediately after Munich, there was a shock here in Israel.

We did not expect to get 11 of our athletes in coffins, being buried.

We did not expect to get 11 of our athletes in coffins, being buried.

A big shock.

A big shock.

Yossef Ben Renato Lebate Romano.

Yossef Ben Renato Lebate Romano.

Kehat...

And it was very hot, I still remember.

And it was very hot, I still remember.

Andre Spitzer.

And I saw this whole - thousands of people at the airport

And I saw this whole - thousands of people at the airport

and all the command cars, and all the coffins were put on the

command cars and taken.

command cars and taken.

And all the screaming and the hollering and everything.

The bodies of the 5 dead Munich terrorists

received an emotional funeral from the Libians.

So why make them holy afterwards because they did something

So why make them holy afterwards because they did something

fantastic? They killed 11 athletes without weapons

or without anything in the middle of the night. Big heroes!

or without anything in the middle of the night. Big heroes!

I can understand that they want to do something but...

This I cannot understand at all. Not at all.

This I cannot understand at all. Not at all.

Crisis in German airspace.

On air to ground radio the urgent voice of a Lufthansa pilot

pleading with his government to give in to Black September hijackers

pleading with his government to give in to Black September hijackers

who have demanded the release of 3 comrades captured after the Munich massacre.

The Germans give in and hand over the Arab prisoners.

With the hijackers, they fly back to the Middle East and a jubilant

welcome in Tripoli, the capital of Libya.

I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe it.

That was really a shock for me, to see them sitting there.

That was really a shock for me, to see them sitting there.

The government of Libya decided to put the 3 men on public show

at a hastily-arranged press conference.

Eleven Israeli competitors died. Five of your comrades died

and a policeman was killed. Did you shoot any of the Israeli hostages?

and a policeman was killed. Did you shoot any of the Israeli hostages?

It's not important to say if I killed an Israeli or not.

But they were unarmed, the Israeli hostages.

But they were unarmed, the Israeli hostages.

Did you shoot any of them yourself?

But you have to know that Israel is our enemy.

It would have been a relief for one's peace of mind

It would have been a relief for one's peace of mind

to report that these 3 men who took part in such an appalling event

as the Munich massacre were fanatics or psychopaths.

as the Munich massacre were fanatics or psychopaths.

I found only a trio of tired, chain-smoking,

not unlikeable youngesters.

With their apparant lack of extremism

With their apparant lack of extremism

and their terrifying niceness, these men represent

a new breed of Arab terrorist.

Do you think, looking back, that you achieved anything

Do you think, looking back, that you achieved anything

in the Munich operation?

Yes. Yes, they achieved something.

What do you think you achieved? In your words?

What do you think you achieved? In your words?

They have made their voice heard by the universe

They have made their voice heard by the universe

or the world, who has not been hearing before.

So I never forget - the Palestinians are the ones that killed

So I never forget - the Palestinians are the ones that killed

the 11 Israelis. But the German authorities at that time,

the 11 Israelis. But the German authorities at that time,

they failed in every way they could.

That took us 20 years. Twenty! Not 2 years, 20 years.

That took us 20 years. Twenty! Not 2 years, 20 years.

To finally get the information.

They knew that they failed.

They knew that they were responsible.

They knew that didn't take the right action.

They knew that didn't take the right action.

Terror brings revenge in the Middle East.

In this village in the Lebanon, Arabs pick their dead from

In this village in the Lebanon, Arabs pick their dead from

the ruins after Israel's air raids.

Reprisal after the murders in Munich.

Golda Meir was very determined from Day 1

Golda Meir was very determined from Day 1

that all those who were involved should be held accountable.

The trouble was that any Palestian guerillas who were around

had been moved away after the events at Munich.

As United Nations military observers arrived,

As United Nations military observers arrived,

it seems clear that victims had been almost entirely children.

Then while I was there, another child was found.

The local people say they were just playing in the area.

The local people say they were just playing in the area.

What is really achieved by bombing these camps in the Lebanon?

In politics and in military actions, you have always acts which are more

In politics and in military actions, you have always acts which are more

in order to prove something, to show something

than to achieve a tangible result.

than to achieve a tangible result.

They used to tell Arafat "Your things will go fast than ours".

Our conflict cannot be solved in heaven, only by human beings,

Our conflict cannot be solved in heaven, only by human beings,

we happen to be the human being now, if we don't solve it

our ancestors will have to tackle with it.

our ancestors will have to tackle with it.

Probably with more graves around the region.

What blocked us from reaching a point where we understand

What blocked us from reaching a point where we understand

we have different conflicts, different stories,

different interests, and no one is going to give up his dreams.

different interests, and no one is going to give up his dreams.

But if we are clever enough, we will keep eye contact with the

need to find an arrangement which will allow the Palestinians

need to find an arrangement which will allow the Palestinians

to also have their dreams

but also to have their own place on earth.

but also to have their own place on earth.

They are not going to evaporate, they are not going to disappear.

To try to understand the arrogance of these German

and Bavarian leaders - not taking responsibility,

and Bavarian leaders - not taking responsibility,

not knowing to send you - you are a victim as well

because they sent you as a 21 year old into a plane

because they sent you as a 21 year old into a plane

without any practical knowledge what to do.

without any practical knowledge what to do.

They put you also in danger.

Probably more people would have died.

That's the only thing that would have happened, probably,

That's the only thing that would have happened, probably,

if you would have stayed.

I would like to tell you that I really appreciate it that

I would like to tell you that I really appreciate it that

you came and that you came to tell the story

you came and that you came to tell the story

and that you are so honest to tell what really happened.

And I'd really like to thank you for that because it's not easy

And I'd really like to thank you for that because it's not easy

and nobody else did it.

You are the only one who came and told your story

You are the only one who came and told your story

and we understand what you say and I really appreciate it.

And I hope you go home with a little bit lighter feeling.

And I hope you go home with a little bit lighter feeling.

I'm very happy that you came.

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