Erinnerungsort Olympia-Attentat, Memorial site in Olympic Park, Munich, Germany.
Erinnerungsort Olympia-Attentat is a memorial in Munich's Olympic Park dedicated to the attack that took place during the 1972 Summer Games. A wide video installation lines one wall, showing archival footage, photographs, and biographical details about those who were killed.
In 1972, eleven Israeli athletes and one German police officer were killed after a Palestinian armed group took the Olympic team hostage. The memorial opened in 2017, decades after the event, following years of pressure from the families of the victims who had asked for a public space of remembrance.
The memorial sits inside a public park, which means visitors often come across it without having planned to. The video installation shows faces and personal stories, giving the place a human rather than a ceremonial feeling.
The memorial is inside Olympic Park and easy to reach on foot from the Olympiazentrum metro stop. No reservation is needed, and the space is barrier-free so it is accessible to all visitors.
The memorial was built largely because the families of the victims pushed for it over many decades. The building was placed by architects Brückner & Brückner so that its orientation points toward the area where part of the events took place in 1972.
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