On August 26, 1972, the 20th Olympic Games were held in Munich, West Germany.
In the week leading up to the game, people often saw enthusiastic comments about the conference: it was a "peaceful and joyful event". Indeed, it was the largest and most expensive event in the history of the Olympic Games at the time, with more athletes and more countries competing than ever before.
Israel also sent its largest delegation to date – some of whom were interested in participating in the Games, although some still bear the physical and psychological scars of the Nazi concentration camps in Germany.
In the first week of the Olympic Games, the athletes performed well and the people were immersed in the peace and joy of the Olympic Games.
Behind this peace event, however, lies a huge concern: West German politicians have cut spending on security personnel and security facilities to meet the huge investment needs of state-of-the-art sports equipment. For West Germany, who have worked so hard to host the Olympics, they hope that the Olympics will convince the world that West Germany has restored its image as a civilized country and that the shadow of World War II left by 1936 should be erased.
The West German border guards and important transport hubs carried out simple checks of people entering and leaving the country, which provided an opportunity for *** to take advantage of.
On 4 September 1972, the Israeli team did not participate. Most of the athletes rest in the Olympic Village and go out to the movies in the evenings. After watching the film, the Israeli athletes returned to the Olympic Village one by one. At around 4 o'clock in the morning of the 5th, while they were still asleep, eight vague figures suddenly appeared outside the Olympic Village. Carrying heavy sports bags, they quietly walked to the fenced area next to the doorway.
These eight are members of a terrorist organization called "Black September". Carrying machine guns and grenades on their backs, they went over the fence and went straight to the set target. They chose to enter from here because they had already checked and knew that some athletes were drunk outside, and when they came back, they often climbed over the 2-meter-high fence, and the security guards didn't stop them at all. The eight *** wore tracksuits for camouflage.
By today's standards, the security work of the Munich Olympics is a joke!
The entire Olympic Village is blocked by a thin barbed wire fence. If an athlete comes back late, they can easily climb over the barbed wire fence and take a shortcut home. In addition, there are no cameras, detectors, or barricades in the Olympic Village. There are only some security guards at the entrance, which are not yet equipped**. These *** have also made careful preparations in advance: one *** had worked as a construction worker during the construction of the Olympic Village and knew the Olympic Village very well. Another person had travelled to the Olympic Village the day before the incident and had conducted a detailed survey of the site where the Israeli athletes lived.
They took up their positions outside apartment No. 1, where some Israelis lived, and then opened the door with a key prepared in advance. Her actions were noticed by an Israeli athlete in the house. ** A clash with Israeli athletes ensued. Twenty-five minutes later, two Israeli athletes were killed and nine others were taken hostage.
During the fighting between the two sides, the security department of the Olympic Village received several calls from passers-by, but did not pay enough attention. The fighting was intermittent, and after a few gunshots and heart-rending screams, all was quiet again. People who have just woken up from their sleep can't figure out what went wrong, because the Olympic Village has a different celebration almost every night, and people often set off fireworks and make it noisy.
At around 4:55 a.m., an unarmed West German security police officer came to check on the situation. He turned on the walkie-talkie and asked ***, who was standing outside 31 Connery Street in a turban, "What the hell is going on?" The man didn't say anything more, walked out the door of the apartment and slipped away.
At 5 a.m., Munich Police Chief Manfred Schreiber was awakened in his sleep by an alarm, and he quickly organized staff to respond to the crisis.
At 5:10, the West German authorities began the hostage rescue operation. During the standoff between the two sides, the "Black September" issued an ultimatum. They demanded the release of 234 Israeli prisoners and two prisoners in West German prisons by 9:00 a.m. on the 5th, after which the killings began. But since then, the "Black September" elements have repeatedly revised the deadlines.
At 9 o'clock, IOC President Kilanin and current Olympic Organizing Committee Judd Trump suspended live broadcasts of all games on the afternoon of September 5.
In response to the "ultimatum", West Germany said that it could agree to their demands, but the details needed to be further negotiated. West Germany ** wanted to buy time for Building 31 in order to rescue the hostages.
At 18:35, the two sides made direct contact for the first time. The West German Minister of the Interior, the Munich Police Chief and the Head of the Olympic Village entered Building 31 and saw the hijackers. So it was decided to change the original plan and storm the building to rescue the hostages.
* The gangsters agreed to their request to transport them and the hostages to Egypt by plane, and decided to carry out a rescue operation at Munich Airport.
From 20:30 to 21:00, West Germany sent three *** to go.
When the Black September elements walked through the carpet asphalt, the commander in charge of the operation gave the order **. Two snipers fired two bullets, and the two gangsters guarding the pilot fell to the ground. The airport suddenly became chaotic. A fierce battle ensued.
The shootout lasted more than an hour before it ended. When the bodies were counted, 5 gangsters were shot, one West German policeman was killed, and several were injured. All 11 hostages were killed by ***.
On September 6, the Olympic Stadium was filled with a festive atmosphere. When the second movement of Beethoven's Heroic Symphony sounded, many athletes could not hold back their tears. In memory of the 11 victims, 11 seats were empty. The Israelis who survived could barely control their emotions at this commemoration. On September 7, the Olympic Games resumed.
Hotspot Engine Project After the failure of this rescue operation, the world** was in an uproar. They accused West Germany of incompetence and criticized West Germany for "treating the lives of hostages as child's play." This terrorist incident brought great shame and humiliation to West Germany, and also gave West Germany a sense of crisis about the increasing number of international terrorist activities. Since then, the safety of the event has risen to an unprecedented level. 
Although 5 *** were killed in the terrorist attack, no one will doubt that the Munich incident was a "success" for *** and other terrorist groups against the Olympics. On the other hand, the bloody scenes at the Munich Olympics also awakened the security awareness of the organizers, and made them realize that the fight against terrorism is also an important part of hosting the Olympic Games. In the subsequent Olympic Games and other major events, the organizers have increased their investment in security measures.
On August 31, 2022, Agence France-Presse Berlin reported that nearly 50 years after the bloody hostage incident at the Munich Olympics, Germany** and Israel have suffered greatly. On September 2, 2022, Germany** confirmed that it will pay a total of 28 million euros in compensation to the relatives of the victims of the "Munich Congress 1972". The federal state of ** paid 22.5 million euros, with the remainder coming from Bavaria** and the city of Munich.
Although compensation has been obtained, it cannot make up for the global trauma caused by this **.
The Olympics are a symbol of the spirit of peace, but at Munich 1972, it would be the worst in the world.