The 1972 Olympics hostage crisis | ASSASSINS

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The 1972 Munich Olympics were supposed to be the games that showed the world a new, open Germany. Instead, it became the backdrop for one of the most watched acts of terrorism in history.  

This is the second part in a series about Israel and Palestine in the 1970s. Watch Part 1 here: Ghassan Kanafani and the Lod airport massa...

Host: Aslan Pahari
Producer: Hannah Jose
Supervising Producer: Kyla Slaven
Audio Engineer: Emrys Cronin
Video Producers: Tejas Bhat, Dylan Behan
Archives: Michael Osmond
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00:00 Opening
02:35 The Cheerful Games
03:41 Worst Case Scenario #21
05:05 Issa
09:05 Plan B
10:00 Furstenfeldbruck Airfield
13:18 Success?
14:55 Aftermath

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