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S. 2 Ep.2 : The Munich Olympics

The 1972 Summer Olympics are being held in Germany for the first time since 1936. Therea guy in charge at the time that gave Germany a not so great reputation so, the German government wanted to do everything they could to make this experience feel less… militant than it was in 1936. Unfortunately that meant incredibly lax security measures which was bad news for the Israeli athletes that took part in the games. Months of planning on the part of a group called Black September, an offshoot of the PLO would culminate in a tragic hostage situation. Then check out the next episode where I go into the Israeli response to the hostage situation…