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Photos: Munich Olympics and the massacre

A member of the Palestinian militant group that held Israeli athletes and coaches hostage appears on a terrace at the Olympic Village in Munich during the Summer Games on Sept. 5, 1972. The militants were threatening to kill the hostages unless more than 200 Palestinian prisoners were released.

A member of the Palestinian militant group that held Israeli athletes and coaches hostage appears on a terrace at the Olympic Village in Munich during the Summer Games on Sept. 5, 1972. The militants were threatening to kill the hostages unless more than 200 Palestinian prisoners were released.

  (Kurt Strumpf / Associated Press)

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Photos from the 1972 Summer Games in Munich, where 11 Israeli athletes and coaches were killed by Palestinian militants.

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Relatives of the 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian militants during the Munich Olympics arrive at Lod International Airport to receive their coffins on Sept. 7, 1972.

  (David Eldan / GPO via Getty Images)

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