I'm a simple emigrant, and today is a special day in the history of Germany

Perhaps you have heard about the Olympic Truce – this is a rule by which during the Olympic Games all wars and conflicts must be halted. It is an ancient Greek tradition that appeared even before our era, and in the modern world it was revived in 1992 and, of course, has been violated many times. But even before the rule was introduced, September 5, 1972, there was the only terrorist attack at the Olympics in modern history. Another shocking story that, I think, few people know. At the Munich Olympics, Germany wanted to create the most "friendly" atmosphere in the Olympic Village and not display a lot of security on the grounds, and over the fences there wasn't even any barbed wire. This helped the Palestinian terrorist organization easily penetrate the apartments of the Israeli Olympic team. They wanted the release of almost 250 prisoners in exchange for Jewish hostages. The German security services were completely unprepared for such a scenario, Israeli security services were not given permission to intervene in this operation. The result was the killing of 11 members of the Israeli team, the death of a police officer, and five of the eight terrorists, some sources said that the victims were even tortured. Moreover, this marked the start of a new wave of bilateral revenge between Israel and Palestine. In 2005, inspired by this incident, Steven Spielberg made a nearly three-hour film "Munich", in it the focus is on what happened after the attack; I recommend watching. That year the Olympic Games were not even halted until the public outcry. Later they wrote that knowledge of the possible attack was known in advance, but this fact was tried to be concealed as long as possible. After all, knowing about the threat, the organizers did not work out a clear plan of action. And only 45 years later, in Munich they opened a memorial dedicated to the 12 victims of the attack. This is yet another event that should remind us all how important it is to know history and not repeat the mistakes of the past. #history