Olympiapark München
Sprawling green park of hillside lawns and a lake, built around a landmark tent-shaped roof.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Olympiapark in Munich centers on the early morning of September 5th, 1972, when eight men climbed a fence near the athletes' village during the Munich Olympics and made their way to the rooms of the Israeli team. You'll hear about Moshe Weinberg and Yossef Romano, about the negotiators who shuttled across these grounds beneath the great tent roof for hours afterward, and about a hostage crisis the world watched live on television for the first time. The apartment block still stands nearby, its door in ordinary use today.
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