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Chastened Germany to mark Munich massacre 40 years on
Sep 03, 2012 - 11:12 AM
Germany on Wednesday September 5 marks the 40th anniversary of the Munich Olympics massacre amid fresh questions about how the 11 Israeli victims could have been killed on German soil
![COMMEMORATION. Plaque in front of the Israeli athletes' quarters commemorating the victims of the Munich massacre. The inscription, in German and Hebrew, reads: "The team of the State of Israel lived in this building during the 20th Olympic Summer Games from 21 August to 5 September 1972. On 5 September, [list of victims] died a violent death. Honor to their memory." Photo courtesy of High Contrast / Wikipedia.](https://static.rappler.com/plugins/system/lazyload/blank.png "COMMEMORATION. Plaque in front of the Israeli athletes' quarters commemorating the victims of the Munich massacre. The inscription, in German and Hebrew, reads: \"The team of the State of Israel lived in this building during the 20th Olympic Summer Games from 21 August to 5 September 1972. On 5 September, [list of victims] died a violent death. Honor to their memory.\" Photo courtesy of High Contrast / Wikipedia.")
