Erinnerungsort Olympia-Attentat Erinnerungsort Olympia-Attentat The Erinnerungsort Olympia-Attentat is a memorial in the Munich Olympiapark for the victims of the Munich massacre during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, at which eleven Israeli Olympic team members were taken hostage and eventually killed, along with a German police officer, by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September. The 10 minutes long 11 meter width Video Installation loop is shown each day from 8 to 22 o'clock. Language is german with english subtitles. The memorial was opened on September 6. 2017 by the President of Israel Reuven Rivlin and President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
British Honduras at the 1972 Summer Olympics competition later that year at the 1968 Summer Olympics and except for the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics has appeared in every Summer Olympiad since. This made Munich the second appearance for the then British territory, which would not become independent from the United Kingdom until 1981. The 1972 Summer Olympics were held from 26 August to 11 September 1976; a total of 7,134 athletes, representing 121 National Olympic Committees took part in the Games. The British Honduran delegation to Munich consisted of one shooter, Owen Phillips. Gilmore Hinkson, a Belezian sports official, was selected as the flag-bearer for the opening